Network scientists Michael Hayden, Stephen Scherer, and Guy Rouleau, in an international collaboration, discovered a gene that causes the juvenile form of Lou Gehrig’s Disease or ALS. This discovery enables the scientists to study how the gene works, and why its dysfunction leads to disease. This is an important step on the pathway to developing a treatment for ALS.

Peter St. George Hyslop discovered that mice immunized against a protein, amyloid-b peptide, are more cognitive than mice who were not immunized. This finding identifies a mechanism that links the amyloid-b peptide to the loss of cognition in Alzheimer’s disease.

Canada Institutes of Health Research
Distinguished Scientist Award
Peter St. George-Hyslop

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Charles Scriver

Huntington Society of Canada: Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Hayden

Merck Frosst Award of Excellence in Research
Tom Hudson

World Innovation Foundation:
Fellow Lap-Chee Tsui