Jackson emeritus scientist Coleman accepts Shaw Prize in Hong Kong

Date: October 8, 2009

At a gala ceremony in Hong Kong, Jackson Laboratory Professor Emeritus Douglas Coleman, Ph.D., accepted the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine. Coleman shares the $1 million prize with Dr. Jeffrey Friedman of Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The researchers were honored for their breakthroughs in understanding the genetic basis of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

In presenting the award, Professor Yuet-Wai Kan of Hong Kong University noted, "The discovery of Coleman and Friedman has changed our concept of obesity from a defect in willpower to a misbalance of hormone signaling. The 2009 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine honors them for their pioneering work."

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