Background of the Award

In 1990 the Society established the Karl Meyer Lectureship Award was established "to honor the distinguished career of Karl Meyer and his outstanding contributions to the field of Glycobiology". This international award is now presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society to "well-established scientist with a currently active research program who has made widely recognized major contributions to the field of Glycobiology." 

Past Winners: (with links to some of their web sites)

1991: Vincent Hascall and Ulf Lindahl

1993: Gilbert Ashwell and Saul Roseman

1995: Sen-itiroh Hakomori

1997: Minoru Fukuda

1998: Harry Schachter

1999: Stuart Kornfeld

2000: Phillips Robbins

2001: Robert Hill

2002: Jacques Baenziger

2003: Pamela Stanley

2004: William J. Lennarz

2005: Ajit Varki

2006: Gerald Hart

2007: Jeff Esko

2008: Richard D. Cummings

2009: James C. Paulson