The Bernhard Cinader Award is awarded annually by the Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI). It is presented to an immunologist who is an exceptional researcher working in Canada, a full member of CSI and who has an additional activity in which they excel.
This award was inaugurated at the first meeting of the CSI in 1987 and is named in honor of Dr. Bernhard "Hardy" Cinader. The recipient presents the keynote lecture at the annual CSI meeting.
Recipients
The Bernhard Cinader award lectureship is given to a Canadian scientist who exemplifies distinguished scientific leadership and accomplishments in Immunology. YearRecipientLecture title2025Megan LevingsRegulating human immunity2024Fumio TakeiLong and winding road across the field of innate lymphocytes2023Zhou YingRespiratory Mucosal Immunity: A Trek Through Research and Self-Discovery2022Brad Nelson30 Years in the Cancer Immunotherapy Field, and More OptimisticThan Ever2021Martin OliverA life of Wasps and Caterpillars2019Jean MarshallBuilding Bridges with Mast Cells2018Michael GrantEdge to edge: Look straight ahead2017Claude PerreaultKnow Thyself2016Tania WattsFrom planar membranes to TNFRs, a tale of costimulation and collaboration2015Eleanor FishThe Art Behind Going Viral2014Pamela OhashiFrom Y Y Z and Beyond2013Mike GoldWhen You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it!2012Paul KubesImaging the Immune System in Blood Vessels: Seeing a Whole New World2011Michelle LetarteExperiments and Adventures with Endoglin and Immunology!2010Christopher PaigeDancing with the Bees2009André VeilletteSignaling in the Immune System: T cells and Beyond2008Kent HayGlassWhat is Normal?2007Human Immunology: 15 years experience and an eternal challenge2006Chris BleackleyConfessions of a Thanatologist2005Michael JuliusUne Histoire D'Amour2003Gillian WuG.O.D. is in the details: Life forces and the Generation of Diversity2002Linda PilarskiChallenging the Status Quo: From Sombreros to Nanobiotechnology2001Bhagirath SinghLife before signaling: peptides, microbes, and regulation of autoimmunity2000John SchraderScience and Sunday afternoons: P-cells to proteomics1999Dean BefusFrom worms to asthma: the road to little feG1998Jack GauldieFrom the Chicken to the Egg and with a Virus in Between1997Arnold GreenbergThe molecular basis of cell mediated cytotoxicity1996Peter BretscherRegulation of the immune response: the significance of quantitative and qualitative signals as physiological signs1995Dennis OsmondA B-cell biography: the soil and the seed1994Tak MakAnd appear to be and appear not to be1993Tim MosmannT-cells and cytokines: why does the immune system have to be so complex1992John BienenstockFrom there to here1991Emil SkameneExperiments of nature and natural resistance1990John RoderThe ghost of Metchnikov1989Rick MillerT cell differentiation1988Alec SehonTolerogenic derivatives of biologically active antigens for therapeutic intervention1987Hardy CinaderDevelopmental change in the second half of life - challenge and opportunity
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