2025 | |
| Michelle Arkin | Outstanding Faculty Mentor, UCSF’s Associated Students of the Graduate Division |
| Fred Chang | American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow |
| Bill DeGrado | 2025 Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, Beaufort Visiting Fellowship at St. Johns College, Cambridge University; Honorary degree from Spain’s University of Valencia |
| Nicole DelRosso | NIH Early Independence Award |
| James Fraser | Protein Society Carl Brändén Award |
| Bill Jia | NIH Early Independence Award |
| Martin Kampmann | Byers Award in Basic Science |
| Tanja Kortemme | Feodor Lynen Medal, German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, NIH Director's Pioneer Award |
| Daniel Minor | 2025 Kenneth S. Cole Award in Membrane Biophysics, Biophysical Society |
| Jeannette Tenthorey | Jay Levy Endowed Professor of Virology |
| Jim Wells | 2025 Jacob and Louise Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine |
2024 | |
| Michelle Arkin | Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, Gordon Hammel Lectureship |
| Daniele Canzio | Rita Allen Foundation Scholar and Milton E. Cassel Scholar |
| Yifan Cheng | Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Robert Edwards | Julius Axelrod Prize given by the Society for Neuroscience |
| Martin Kampmann | Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Nevan Krogan | Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Aashish Manglik | Byers Award in Basic Science, Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Brian Shoichet | Clarivate 2024 Highly Cited Researchers |
| Jeannette Tenthorey | NIAID New Innovator Award |
| Peter Walter | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine |
| Lei Wang | NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture |
| Jim Wells | School of Pharmacy Apple Teaching Award |
2023 | |
| Mustafa Aydogan | NIH New Innovator Award |
| Charles Craik | Graduate Division Commencement Lecture, UCB/UCSF Andrew Braisted Award |
| Michael Grabe | School of Pharmacy Apple Teaching Award |
| Matthew Jacobson | School of Pharmacy Apple Teaching Award |
| Lily Jan | Pearl Meister Greengard prize (Co-Recipient with Eve Marder, Brandeis) |
| Martin Kampmann | Ignite Award, Arc Institute |
| Nevan Krogan | Research!America Discovery | Innovation | Health Prize |
| Brian Shoichet | Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher |
| Katherine Susa | NIH Early Independence Award |
2022 | |
| Daniele Canzio | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator |
| Fred Chang | American Society of Cell Biology Fellow |
| Jan Christoph | NIH New Innovator Award |
| Hani Goodarzi | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, NIH Transformative Research Award |
| David Julius | UCSF Medal |
| Natalia Jura | Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science |
| Martin Kampmann | 2022 Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Early Career Scientist, Zenith Fellows Award, Alzheimer's Association |
| Tanja Kortemme | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator |
| Nevan Krogan | Elected to EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), Louis Pasteur Medal 2022, Clarivate Web of Science, Highly Cited Researchers 2020 - ranked in top 1% of citations for field and year |
| Hao Li | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Senior Investigator |
| Dan Minor | Biophysical Society Fellow |
| Margaux Pinney | NIH Early Independence Awards |
2021 | |
| David Agard | Stein and Moore Award- Protein Society, Distinguished Scientist Award- Microscopy Society of America |
| Daniele Canzio | NIH New Innovator Award |
| Roger Cooke | Biophysical Society Fellow |
| Bill DeGrado | John Scott Award- University of Pennsylvania, Spiers Memorial Award- Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Sophie Dumont | Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science |
| Stephen Floor | PEW Scholar |
| Hani Goodarzi | AACR-MPM Transformative Cancer Research Award |
| David Julius | BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine |
| Nevan Krogan | France Legion of Honor, decreed by the President of the French Republic |
| Geeta Narlikar | Election to the National Academy of Sciences |
| Lei Wang | Emil Thomas Kaiser Award- The Protein Society |
| Leor Weinberger | NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award |
2020 | |
| Yifan Cheng | Election to the National Academy of Sciences |
| Sophie Dumont | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Senior Investigator |
| Hana El-Samad | Election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| James Fraser | Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science, |
| Hani Goodarzi | Breast Cancer Alliance Award |
| Lily Jan | Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship, 20th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Recipient (Co-Recipient with Yuh Nung Jan, UCSF) |
| David Julius | Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Foreign Member), Kavli Prize in Neuroscience |
| Nevan Krogan | Excellence in Research Award from the Laboratory of Genomics Research (LGR), Clarivate Web of Science, Highly Cited Researchers 2020 - ranked in top 1% of citations for field and year |
| Kira Poskanzer | NSF CAREER Award |
| Peter Walter | National Academy of Inventors, UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award |
2019 | |
| Yifan Cheng | Election to the American Academy of Arts and Science |
| Seemay Chou | PEW Scholar |
| Tejal Desai | Elected to the National Academy of Inventors |
| Hana El-Samad | Byers Award in Basic Science, Kuo Family Endowed Professorship |
| Hani Goodarzi | Mary Kay Foundation Award |
| David Julius | Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Award |
| Tanja Kortemme | Election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| Brian Shoichet | Web of Science Top 1% Most Cited Investigators in Fields |
2018 | |
| Yifan Cheng | Christian B. Anfinsen Award, The Protein Society |
| Sophie Dumont | UCSF Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award |
| Sophie Dumont | WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research from ASCB |
| Hani Goodarzi | New Directions in Prostate Cancer Research Award |
| Hani Goodarzi | UCSF Catalyst Award |
| Martin Kampmann | Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) |
| Aashish Manglik | PEW Scholar |
| Andrej Sali | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
| Peter Walter | Breakthrough Prize in Life Science |
| Peter Walter | Katherine Berkan Judd Award, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Peter Walter | van Deenen Medal, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University |
| Peter Walter | National Academy of Medicine (elected Member), National Academy of Medicine |
2017 | |
| Bo Huang | Byers Award in Basic Science |
| Charles S. Craik | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Hana El-Samad | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Senior Investigator |
| Hana El-Samad | Mindlin Endowed Lecture |
| Hani Goodarzi | AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award |
| Hani Goodarzi | AACR NextGen Award for Transformative Cancer Research |
| Hani Goodarzi | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Foundation Scholar Award |
| David Julius | Canada Gairdner International Award |
| David Julius | Human Frontiers Science Program Nakasone Award |
| Tanja Kortemme | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Senior Investigator |
| Brian Shoichet | ASBMB DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences |
2016 | |
| Sophie Dumont | Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award of the Biophysical Society |
| Sophie Dumont | NSF CAREER Award |
| Tejal Desai | National Academy of Medicine |
| Joe DeRisi | National Academy of Medicine |
| Bo Huang | ASCB Early Career Life Scientist Award |
| Adam Frost | HHMI Investigator |
| Charles S. Craik | Protein Society Emil Thomas Kaiser Award |
| Adam Abate | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers United States Office for Science and Technology Policy |
2015 | |
| Yifan Cheng | HHMI Investigator |
| Bill DeGrado | Stein and Moore Award |
| Tejal Desai | National Academy of Medicine |
| Martin Kampmann | NIH New Innovator |
| Martin Kampmann | Allen Distinguished Investigator Award (Paul G. Allen Family Foundation) |
| Sophie Dumont | NIH New Innovator |
| Joe DeRisi | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Peter Walter | Vilcek Prize, Vilcek Foundation |
| Jim Wells | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
2014 | |
| Hana El-Samad | Cell "40 under 40" |
| Ron Vale | National Academy of Medicine |
| Matthew Jacobson | PharmD Dean's Innovation in Education |
| David Julius | Kenneth S. Cole Award, Biophysical Society |
| Charles S. Craik | National Academy of Inventors |
| Shawn Douglas | Pew Scholar |
| James Fraser | Packard Fellow |
| James Fraser | Pew Scholar |
| James Fraser | Searle Scholars Program |
| Peter Walter | Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine |
| Peter Walter | Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award |
| Joseph DeRisi | Carty Award for the Advancement of Science - National Academy of Sciences |
2013 | |
| Hana El-Samad | Paul G. Allen Distinguished Investigator |
| Dyche Mullins | HHMI Investigator |
| Adam Abate | NSF CAREER Award |
| Bill DeGrado | National Academy of Inventors |
| Sophie Dumont | Searle Scholars Program |
| David Julius | Paul Janssen Prize for Biomedical Research |
| Leor Weinberger | NIH Pioneer Awards |
| Hana El Samad | Allen Distinguished Investigator Award |
2012 | |
| Hana El-Samad | CSB2 Prize in Systems Biology |
| Matthew Jacobson | QB3 Briding the Gap Award |
| David Julius | Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, USA |
| Ronald Vale | Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award |
| Xiaokun Shu | NIH New Innovator |
| Peter Walter | Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, The Jung Foundation |
| Peter Walter | Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, Ehrlich Foundation |
2011 | |
| Hana El-Samad | Donald P. Eckman Award for "Novel applications of Control Theory in the analysis and synthesis of complex biological systems" |
| Bo Huang | NIH New Innovator |
| Daniel Minor | Weizmann Institute of Science, Feinberg Visiting Faculty Fellowship |
| Leor Weinberger | Sloan Fellow in Computational Biology |
| Danica Fujimori | NSF CAREER Award |
| Bo Huang, Danica Fujimori | Searle Scholars Program |
| Peter Walter | Otto-Warburg Prize, German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Peter Walter | Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, Glenn Foundation |
2010 | |
| Bo Huang | Packard Fellow |
| David Julius | Elected to the Hungarian Academy of Science (Honorary Member) |
| David Julius | Passano Award |
| David Julius | Prince of Asturias Prize for Technical and Scientific Research |
| Hiten Madhani | Packard Fellow |
| Daniel Minor | Fellow of the American Asthma Foundation |
| David Julius | Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine |
| Danica Fujimori | V Scholar Award |
| Wendell Lim | Hans Neurath Award |
| Robert Fletterick | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2009 | |
| Hana El-Samad | Packard Foundation Fellowship |
| Leor Weinberger | NIH New Innovator |
| Peter Walter | Stein and Moore Award |
| Nevan Krogan | Searle Scholars Program |
| Hana El-Samad | Packard Fellow |
| Nevan Krogan | Keck Fellow |
| Joseph DeRisi | Eli Lilly and Company Research Award |
| Kevan Shokat, Jonathan Weissman | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
| Bob Stroud | Biophysical Society Anatrace Award |
| Peter Walter | E. B. Wilson Medal |
2008 | |
| Lei Wang | Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar |
| Lei Wang | New Faculty Award, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| Lei Wang | NIH Director's New Innovator Award |
| Leor Weinberger | Pew Scholar |
| Jonathan Weissman | Sackler Prize in Biophysics |
| Tanja Kortemme | NSF CAREER Award |
| Wendell Lim | HHMI Investigator |
| Joseph DeRisi | Heinz Award |
| Robert Stroud | Hans Neurath Award |
| Ken Dill | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2007 | |
| David Julius | Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT |
| David Julius | Inaugural Julius Axelrod Prize, Society for Neuroscience |
| David Julius | Unilever Science Prize |
| David Julius | W. Alden Spencer Award, Columbia Univ. Center for Neurobiology & Behavior |
| Daniel Minor | Established Investigator, American Heart Association |
| Orion Weiner | Searle Scholars Program |
| Christopher Voigt | Packard Fellow |
| Wallace Marshall | Keck Fellow |
| David Agard | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2006 | |
| Lei Wang | Beckman Young Investigator |
| Lei Wang | Searle Scholar |
| Matthew Jacobson | UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean’s Recognition for Excellence in Teaching |
| David Julius | Frederick W.L. Kerr Basic Science Research Award, American Pain Society |
| David Julius | International Prize for Translational Neuroscience, Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation, Max Planck Society |
| Christopher Voigt | Pew Scholar |
| Kevan Shokat | Outstanding Mentor Award |
| Christopher Voigt | NSF CAREER Award |
2005 | |
| David Julius | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Tanja Kortemme | Sloan Fellow in Molecular Biology |
| Christopher Voigt | Sloan Fellow in Computational Biology |
| Wallace Marshall | Searle Scholars Program |
| Kevan Shokat, Joseph DeRisi | HHMI Investigator |
2004 | |
| Matthew Jacobson | Sloan Fellow in Computational Biology |
| Matthew Jacobson | NSF CAREER Award |
| Joseph DeRisi | MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow |
| David Julius | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA |
| Daniel Minor | McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award |
| Jonathan Weissman | Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award |
| Peter Walter | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2003 | |
| David Julius | Yngve Zotterman Prize of the Physiological Society, Stockholm, Sweden |
| James Wells | Hans Neurath Award |
| Robert Stroud | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2002 | |
| Daniel Minor | Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
| Daniel Minor | Searle Scholars Program |
| Daniel Minor | Beckman Young Investigator Award |
| Daniel Minor | March of Dimes, Basil O'Connor Scholar |
2001 | |
| Joseph DeRisi | Searle Scholars Program |
| David Julius | Inaugural Perl-UNC Prize in Neuroscience, University of North Carolina |
| Daniel Minor | McKnight Scholar in Neuroscience |
| Daniel Minor | Rita Allen Scholar |
| Kevan Shokat | Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award |
| Ronald Vale | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
2000 | |
| Jonathan Weissman | HHMI Investigator |
1999 | |
| Bill DeGrado | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
| James Wells | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
1998 | |
| David Julius | Inaugural Brook Byers Award in Basic Science, UCSF |
1997 | |
| David Julius | Syntex Prize in Receptor Pharmacology |
| Wendell Lim, Kevan Shokat, Jonathan Weissman | Searle Scholars Program |
| Peter Walter | HHMI Investigator |
1995 | |
| Lily Jan | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
| Carol Gross | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |
1992 | |
| Bob Stroud | Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (United Kingdom), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
1990 | |
| David Julius | March of Dimes Basil O'Conner Research Award |
| David Julius | McKnight Scholar in Neuroscience |
| David Julius | NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award |
| David Julius | PEW Scholar in Biomedical Sciences |
1987 | |
| Ronald Vale | Searle Scholars Program |
1986 | |
| David Agard | HHMI Investigator |
1984 | |
| Lily Jan | HHMI Investigator |
1983 | |
| Peter Walter | Searle Scholars Program |
1982 | |
| David Agard | Searle Scholars Program |
1974 | |
| John Clements (Emeritus) | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences |