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16th ISTT prize to be awarded to Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch

Posted by: ISTT Web Manager on Monday, June 3, 2024

The 16th ISTT Prize will be awarded to Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch at the TT2025 meeting in Zurich, Switzerland.  

15th ISTT Prize to be awarded to Dr. Phil Soriano

Posted by: Thom Saunders on Saturday, January 14, 2023

The 15th ISTT Prize will be awarded to Dr. Phil Soriano at the TT2023 meeting in Houston, Texas, USA

14th ISTT Prize to be awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Lacy and Dr. Frank Costantini

Posted by: Thom Saunders on Tuesday, September 21, 2021

 

 

ISTT is delighted to announce that the 14th ISTT prize will be awarded in equal parts to Dr. Elizabeth Lacy and Dr. Frank Costantini for their seminal contribution to mammalian transgenesis and their invaluable contribution to the dissemination of transgenic technologies, from which we all have benefited and still do

12th ISTT Prize to be Awarded to Lluis Montoliu, PhD

Posted by: Jan Parker-Thornburg on Thursday, June 14, 2018

The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is pleased to announce that the 12th ISTT Prize will be awarded to Dr. Lluis Montoliu for his seminal work on YAC transgenesis that led the way for large DNA modifications in the mouse, and for his work in establishment of the ISTT.  The ISTT Prize is awarded to investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the field of transgenic technologies.  The awardee for the 12th ISTT Prize was chosen by the ISTT Prize Committee, which consists of the ISTT President, Vice President, Past President, the CEO of genOway (the company that generously sponsors the award), and all previous ISTT prize awardees.

The Award Committee considered that Dr. Montoliu’s work that established artificial chromosome-type mouse transgenesis led to a new foray into genetically modified organisms that allowed for inclusion of critical regulatory elements that were often missing in previous experiments, thereby represents a major improvement in transgenic technology.  In addition, he also seeded the development of an inclusive organization that would represent the needs and interests of transgenic technologists, not only researchers but also technicians and others involved in the generation and analysis of transgenic animals, which came to full fruition and was founded as the International Society of Transgenic Technologies (ISTT), in January of 2006, and served as the first President from 2006 to 2014.