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Vincent du Vigneaud Award

The Vincent du Vigneaud Awards recognize outstanding achievement in peptide research at mid-career. The du Vigneaud Awards are sponsored by Bachem, and are awarded to two deserving recipients at the biennial American Peptide Symposia.

The Vincent du Vigneaud Award Recipients

2025, Ashraf Brik, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry


2025, Dek Woolfson, University of Bristol


2023, Marcey Waters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


2023, Helma Wennemers, ETH Zurich


2021, Joel Schneider, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute


2021, Alanna Schepartz, University of California, Berkeley


2019, Hiroaki Suga, The University of Tokyo


2019, Annette Beck-Sickinger, Leipzig University


2017, Ronald Raines, University of Wisconsin at Madison


2017, Wilfred van der Donk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


2015, Jean Chmielewski, Purdue University


2015, David Craik, University of Queensland


2013, Kit Sang Lam, University of California, Davis School of Medicine


2013, Michael Chorev, Harvard Medical Scool


2011, Fernando Albericio, University of Barcelona


2011, Morten Meldal, Carlsberg Laboratories, Copenhagen


2010, Philip Dawson, Scripps Research


2010, Reza Ghadiri, Scripps Research


2008, Thomas W. Muir, Rockefeller University


2008, Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research


2006, Samuel H. Gellman, University of Wisconsin


2006, Barbara Imperiali, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


2004, Dieter Seebach, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich


2004, Stephen B. H. Kent, University of Chicago


2002, Robert Hodges, University of Colorado, School of Medicine


2002, Horst Kessler, Technical University of München


2000, Charles M. Deber, University of Toronto


2000, Richard A. Houghten, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies


1998, Peter W. Schiller, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal


1998, James A. Wells, Genentech, Inc.


1996, Richard G. Hiskey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


1996, Arthur M. Felix, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.


1994, Garland R. Marshall, Washington University Medical School at St. Louis


1994, George Barany, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis


1992, Wylie W. Vale, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies


1992, Isabella Lugoski Karle, Naval Research Laboratory


1990, Jean E. Rivier, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies


1990, Daniel H. Rich, University of Wisconsin at Madison


1988, Tomi K. Sawyer, The Upjohn Company


1988, William F. DeGrado, DuPont Central Research


1986, Roger M. Freidinger, Merck, Sharp & Dohme


1986, Michael Rosenblatt, Massachusetts General Hospital


1986, James P. Tam, The Rockefeller University


1984, Betty Sue Eipper, The Johns Hopkins University


1984, Lila M. Gierash, University of Delaware


1984, Richard E. Mains, The Johns Hopkins University


Vincent du Vigneaud

Vincent du Vigneaud, May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978, was an American biochemist. He won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone,” a reference to his work on the cyclic peptide oxytocin.

Award Sponsor

Bachem is a leading, innovation-driven company specializing in the development and manufacture of peptides and oligonucleotides. With 50 years of experience and expertise Bachem provides products for research, clinical development and commercial application to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide and offers a comprehensive range of services. Bachem operates internationally with headquarters in Switzerland and locations in Europe, the US and Asia. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.