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Graeme Ian Bell, PhD, the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and an investigator in the Kovler Diabetes Center at the University of Chicago, has been awarded the Manpei Suzuki International Prize for 2012 for his pioneering work in understanding the role of genetics in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes.
The prize, the world's largest award for diabetes research, includes a certificate of honor, a Japanese objet d'art and $150,000. Inaugurated in 2008 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation, the prize honors "those who have enlightened researchers in the field of diabetes around the world with their original and excellent scientific achievements."
Bell is being recognized, according to the selection committee, for his "extensive and groundbreaking contributions over many years to many landmark discoveries in diabetes research utilizing the powerful technologies of molecular biology and genetics." He will receive the prize and present a commemorative lecture at the award ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/uocm-uoc120412.php
The prize, the world's largest award for diabetes research, includes a certificate of honor, a Japanese objet d'art and $150,000. Inaugurated in 2008 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Manpei Suzuki Diabetes Foundation, the prize honors "those who have enlightened researchers in the field of diabetes around the world with their original and excellent scientific achievements."
Bell is being recognized, according to the selection committee, for his "extensive and groundbreaking contributions over many years to many landmark discoveries in diabetes research utilizing the powerful technologies of molecular biology and genetics." He will receive the prize and present a commemorative lecture at the award ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/uocm-uoc120412.php