International Prize for Biology

The International Prize for Biology is an annual award for significant contributions to biology. The award was created in 1985 to recognize Emperor Hirohito of Japan's long time interest in and support of the biological sciences. The selection and award of the prize is managed by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The reciepient scientist is awarded 10 million Yen and an international symposium on the scientists area of research is held.

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Recipients and their field of study:

1985 - E.J.H. Corner - Taxonomy or Systematic Biology
1986 - Peter H. Raven - Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
1987 - Sir John B. Gurdon - Developmental Biology
1988 - Motoo Kimura - Population Biology
1989 - Sir Eric Denton - Marine Biology
1990 - Masakazu Konishi - Behavioral Biology
1991 - Marshall D. Hatch - Functional botany
1992 - Knut Schmidt-Nielsen - Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
1993 - Edward O. Wilson - Ecology
1994 - Ernst Mayr - Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
1995 - Ian Read Gibbons - Cell Biology
1996 - Ryuzo Yanagimachi - Biology of Reproduction
1997 - Elliot Martin Meyerowitz - botany
1998 - Otto Thomas Solbrig - The Biology of Biodiversity
1999 - Setsuro Ebashi - Animal Physiology
2000 - Seymour Benzer - Developmental Biology
2001 - Harry B. Whittington - Paleontology
2002 - Masatoshi Nei - evolutionary biology
2003 - Shinya Inoué - Cell Biology
2004 - Thomas Cavalier-Smith - Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
2005 - Nam-Hai Chua - Structural Biology in Fine Structure, Morphology and Morphogenesis
2006 - Serge Daan