Lewis Edward Kay, (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his research in biochemistry and

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for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins. He is a professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at

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Biography

Kay received a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the

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in 1983, a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics from

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in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the

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under the supervision of

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. In 2020, he was honoured as an international member of the

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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 The Flavelle Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada "for an outstanding contribution to biological science during the preceding ten years or for significant additions to a previous outstanding contribution to biological science". It is n ...

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...

* 2004 —

Günther Laukien Prize The Günther Laukien Prize is a prize presented at the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference "to recognize recent cutting-edge experimental NMR research with a high probability of enabling beneficial new applications". The prize was est ...

* 2006 — Elected to the

* 2008 — Premier's Discovery Award * 2010 — Elected to the

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* 2012 — Khorana Prize,

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* 2017 — Inducted as an Officer of the

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* 2017 —

Gairdner Foundation International Award The Canada Gairdner International Award is given annually by the Gairdner Foundation at a special dinner to five individuals for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. Receipt of the Gairdner is traditionally considered a ...

* 2018 — Herzberg Medal of the

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC; , CRSNG) is the major federal agency responsible for funding natural sciences and engineering research in Canada. NSERC directly funds university professors and students as ...

* 2019 —

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''honoris causa'' from The University of British Columbia * 2019 —

Nakanishi Prize The Nakanishi Prize, named after Japanese chemist Koji Nakanishi, is an award in chemistry given alternately by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society. Purpose "To recognize and stimulate significant work that extends ...

Personal life

Kay is married to biophysicist Julie Forman-Kay, who studies intrinsically disordered proteins.

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Lewis E. Kay
at University of Toronto 1961 births Living people Canadian biochemists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Scientists from Edmonton University of Alberta alumni Academic staff of the University of Toronto Yale University alumni {{Canada-scientist-stub