Lewis E. Kay
{{Short description|Canadian biochemist (born 1961)}}
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Lewis Edward Kay, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|FRS|FRSC}} (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his research in biochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins.{{Cite web|url=https://gairdner.org/2017-canada-gairdner-laureates-announced/|title=2017 Canada Gairdner Laureates Announced!|date=March 28, 2017}} He is a professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.{{Cite web|url=http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/person/lewis-e-kay/|title=Lewis E. Kay}}
Biography
Kay received a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1983, a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Ad Bax. In 2020, he was honoured as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2020-nas-election.html|title=2020 NAS Election|website=www.nasonline.org}}
Awards and honours
- 1996 — Merck Frosst Award
- 1998 — Canada's "Top 40 under 40"
- 1999 — Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences
- 2002 — Founders Medal International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
- 2002 — Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada
- 2004 — Günther Laukien Prize
- 2006 — Elected to the Royal Society of Canada
- 2008 — Premier's Discovery Award
- 2010 — Elected to the Royal Society
- 2012 — Khorana Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2017 — Inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en|title=The Governor General of Canada|first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor|last=General|website=The Governor General of Canada}}
- 2017 — Gairdner Foundation International Award{{cite web |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-s-lewis-e-kay-named-canada-gairdner-international-award-laureate |title=U of T's Lewis E. Kay named Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate |work=University of Toronto }}
- 2018 — Herzberg Medal of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- 2019 — Doctor of Science honoris causa from The University of British Columbia {{Cite web|url=https://graduation.ok.ubc.ca/event/honorary-degrees/2019-honorary-degree-recipients/|title=2019 Honorary Degree Recipients | Okanagan Graduation|website=graduation.ok.ubc.ca}}
- 2019 — Nakanishi Prize
Personal life
Kay is married to biophysicist Julie Forman-Kay, who studies intrinsically disordered proteins.{{Cite web|title=SBGrid Consortium - Member Tale - Julie Forman-Kay - The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto|url=https://sbgrid.org/members/tale/from-disorder-function|access-date=2021-05-08|website=sbgrid.org}}
References
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External links
- [http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/person/lewis-e-kay/ Lewis E. Kay] at University of Toronto
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:Scientists from Edmonton
Category:University of Alberta alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Category:Yale University alumni
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