George W. Beadle Award

George W. Beadle Award
George W. Beadle (1903–1989)
Awarded foroutstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers
Date1999 (1999)
CountryUnited States
Presented byGenetics Society of America
Websitewww.genetics-gsa.org/awards/beadleaward.shtml

The George W. Beadle Award is a scientific prize given by the Genetics Society of America to individuals who have made “outstanding contributions” to Genetics. The Award was established in 1999 and named in honor of George Wells Beadle,[1] who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958.

  1. ^ Horowitz, N. H. (1995). "George Wells Beadle. 23 October 1903 – 9 June 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 41: 44–54. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1995.0003. PMID 11615361.