Medallion of the Cell Stress Society International

The Medallion of the Cell Stress Society International is awarded to a senior scientist in recognition of scientific research contributions to the heat shock and cellular stress response field over the course of a career. Contributions to the progress of international scientific cooperation and understanding are also considered. Awardees are selected by the CSSI Council.

Previous awardees include Takashi Yura (2000), Susan Lindquist (2003), Aaron Ciechanover (2005), R. John Ellis (2007), Costa P. Georgopoulos (2009), Ferruccio Ritossa (2010), Kazutoshi Mori (2015), Lawrence E. Hightower (2017) and Elizabeth A. Craig (2019).

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CSSI Medallion Award certificate

It is not the act of awarding but rather those who receive an award
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