The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

About the 2021 Horwitz Prize Recipients

Columbia University announces Katalin Karikó, PhD and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD as the 2021 recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. For more information please visit the announcement from the CUIMC Newsroom .

For more information, view our list of all past prize recipients.

Honoree: Katalin Karikó, PhD

Senior Vice President, BioNTech SE

Adjunct Professor

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Lecture: "Developing mRNA for Therapy" will be held March 1, 2022 at 3:30p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

650 W 168th St, 1st Fl

In-person for CU affiliates and

Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform

Presentation of the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz PRizes to follow Dr. Krikó's lecture.

Honoree: Drew Weissman, MD, PhD

Photo of Drew Weissman — Drew Weissman, MD, PhD

Drew Weissman, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Lecture: "Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics" will be held March 1, 2022 at 10 a.m.

Roone Arledge Cinema

Lerner Hall

2920 Broadway, 2nd Fl

In-person for CU affiliates and

Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Award Presentation

Appreciation by David D. Ho, MD

Responses from Drs. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

March 1, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium

650 W 168th St, 1st Fl

In-person for CU affiliates and

Virtual on the Zoom webinar platform

Past Prize Recipients

Learn about winners of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, which is awarded by Columbia University to scientists for their outstanding basic research in biology or biochemistry.

History

Learn how The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize was established at Columbia University.

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