The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Honoring Outstanding Research in Biology or Biochemistry
![Glen Barber, PhD; Katrina Armstrong, MD; and Zhijian ‘James’ Chen, PhD at the 2023 Horwitz Prize Dinner.](https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_40_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=LSgeYy9w 40w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=DFpD1Jgb 200w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=RZMgaNSP 260w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=9UGFB0eq 320w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=U_2A2HbQ 400w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=VffJV5s8 520w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=csWpmQrL 640w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=ghM9CEKz 800w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=kqxblaA6 1040w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=Xi-wSYQ3 1280w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600_3_1/public/media/images/2024-02/horwitz-2023-hero.jpg?itok=ur1VC__3 1600w)
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is to honor a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contributions to knowledge in fields of biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition.
2023 Horwitz Prize Recipients
Columbia University announces Zhijian ‘James’ Chen and Glen Barber as the 2023 recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. For more information please read the announcement from the CUIMC Newsroom.
Zhijian ‘James’ Chen
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Zhijian ‘James’ Chen, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA. He is also an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chen received his BS degree in biology from Fujian Normal University, China and completed his PhD degree in biochemistry at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the National Academy of Medicine, USA.
Glen Barber, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
Glen Barber, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA. Barber completed his BS degree in molecular biology from the University of Portsmouth, UK, and obtained his PhD degree in molecular virology from Porton Down and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
Past Prize Recipients
![Katrina Armstrong, MD and Katalin Karikó, PhD at the 2021 Horwitz Prize award ceremony](https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=S79TUZRv 200w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=85s4E4m6 260w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=Us70VBYa 320w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=yET2Z1Z_ 400w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=Fyd4jhw5 520w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=eRdkRkFs 640w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=WxyW-bJp 800w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=OE4p62Dg 1040w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=YJzxevdw 1280w, https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600_16_9/public/media/images/2023-11/horwitz-2021-16x9.jpg?itok=HascmFI2 1600w)
View the winners of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, which is awarded by Columbia University to scientists for their outstanding basic research in biology or biochemistry.