THE 2005 LOUIS-JEANTET PRIZE-WINNERS
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THE 2005 LOUIS-JEANTET PRIZE-WINNERS are Alan HALL (London) and Svante PÄÄBO (Leipzig).
AAlan HALL receives the 2005 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his pioneering work on the regulation of cytoskeleton dynamics in cell adhesion, migration and polarity. With the prize, Alan HALL will further investigate the role of certain enzymes in relation to the cytoskeleton, as they may play an important role in metastatic tumour cell invasion.
Svante PÄÄBO receives the 2005 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his innovative research on the evolution of the human genome in comparison to that of other primates. With the prize, Svante PÄÄBO wants to identify genes involved in traits that are unique to humans such as speech and language faculties or other cognitive functions. He will try to investigate the role of these genes in mice.
THE AWARD CEREMONY was held on Friday April 22, 2005, in Geneva (Switzerland).
