Azim Surani awarded the 2025 Kyoto Prize in Life Sciences#
Academia Europaea is proud to announce the award of the prestigious 2025 Kyoto Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine
to Professor Azim Surani MAE, Director of Research, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge and member of the Cell and Developmental Biology section since 1994.
Award citation#
Discovery of Genomic Imprinting in Mammals and Elucidation of Its Molecular Mechanisms
Azim Surani demonstrated that both paternal and maternal genomes are indispensable for normal mammalian development and subsequently discovered genomic imprinting that confers specific modifications and complementary functions to each genome. Furthermore, he has played a pioneering role in elucidating its underlying mechanisms, thereby making contributions to foundational scientific insights across a broad spectrum of life science fields.
About Kyoto Prize#
The Kyoto Prize is an international award of Japanese origin, presented to individuals who have made significant contributions in the fields of science and technology, as well as the arts and philosophy. This internationally renowned award was born out of the sincere wish of Kazuo Inamori to “contribute to the progress of the future of humanity while maintaining a balance between the development of science and civilization and the enrichment of the human spirit.” Each laureate is presented with a diploma, a Kyoto Prize medal, and prize money of 100 million yen per category.
Academia Europaea Kyoto Prize awardees#
- 2025 Azim Surani, Developmental Biologist
- 2023 Elliott Hershel Lieb, Mathematician and Physicist
- 2011 Rashid Alievich Sunyaev, Astrophysicist
- 2010 László Lovász, Mathematician
- 2005 Simon Asher Levin, Ecologist
- 2004 Jürgen Habermas, Philosopher
- 2002 Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov, Mathematician
- 2000 Walter Jakob Gehring, Developmental Biologist
- 1998 Kurt Wüthrich, Structural Biologist
- 1990 Sydney Brenner, Molecular Biologist
- 1988 Noam Chomsky, Theoretical Linguist
