The 1997 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Biotechnology in Medicine
• Achievement:
  Contribution to establishment of fundamental concept on causes of cancer
• Lecture:
  Functional principles and neural mechanisms of the brain studied in the cerebellum

Major Awards

1964	Eli Lilly Award of the American Chemical Society
1966	Arthur Flemming Award (as Outstanding Young Government Employee)
1976	Lewis Rosenstiel Award
1976	FASEB/3M Award for Research in Life Sciences
1976	E.R.D.A. Distinguished Associate Award
1977	Environmental Mutagen Society Award
1977	Cal. Tech. Distinguished Alumni Award
1978	Simon Shubitz Cancer Prize
1978	Felix Wankel Research Award
1979	John Scott Medal
1980	Bolton L. Corson Medal
1980	New Brunswick Lectureship Award of A.S.M.
1981	Wadsworth Award
1983	Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
1983	Gairdner Foundation Award (Canada)
1985	Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
1986	Spencer Award (American Chemical Society)
1991	Gold Medal , American Institute of Chemists
1992	Glenn Foundation Award, Gerontological Society of America
1995	Lovelace Award for Excellence in Environmental Health Research
1996	Honda Prize, Honda Foundation (Japan)

Major Honors

1970	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1972	National Academy of Sciences
1980	Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1987	Honorary Member of Japanese Cancer Association
1989	Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies

	American Chemical Society
	American Society of Biological Chemists
	Genetics Society of America
	American Society for Microbiology
	Environmental Mutagen Society
	American Association for Cancer Research
	Society of Toxicology
	Federation of American Scientists

Academic Degrees

1950	Cornell University, B.A.
1953	California Institute of Technology, Ph. D. Biochemistry Major with Prof. H. K. Mitchell; Chemistry and Genetics Minors

Professional Career

1953-54	Postdoctoral Fellow (U.S.P.H.S.) at National Institutes of Health with Dr. B. L. Horecker
1954-60	Biochemist at the National Institutes of Health
1961	Sabbatical year as N.S.F. Senior Fellow in laboratories of F.H. C.Crick in Cambridge, England, and F. Jacob in Paris, France
1962-67	Chief, Section of Microbial Genetics, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, N.I.A.M.D., National Institutes of Health
1968-Present	Professor, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
1983-89	Chairman, Division of Biochemistry and Molecualr Biology, University of California, Berkeley
1979-Present	Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center, University of California, Berkeley

Title

• Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Major Publications and Scientific Papers

• Martin, R.G. and Ames, B.N. A method for determining the sedimentation behavior of enzymes: Application to protein mixtures. J.Biol. Chem. 236:1372-1379, 1961.
• Ames, B.N. and Whitefield, Jr., H.J. Frameshift mutagenesis in Salmonella. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 31:221-225, 1966.
• McCann, J., Spingarn, N.E., Kobori, J. and Ames, B.N. Detection of carcinogens as mutagens: Bacterial tester strains with R factor plasmids. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 72:979-988, 1975.
• McCann, J., Choi, E., Yamasaki, E. and Ames, B.N. Detection of carcinogens as mutagens in the Salmonella/microsome test: Assay of 300 chemicals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 72: 5135-5139,1975.
• Maron, D.M. and Ames, B.N. Revised methods for the Salmonella mutagenicity test. Mutation Res., 113:173-215, 1983.
• Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Chemical Carcinogenesis: Too Many Rodent Carcinogens. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87:7772-7776, 1990.
• Ames, B.N., Profet, M. and Gold, L.S. Dietary Pesticides (99.99% All Natural). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87:7777-7781, 1990.
• Ames, B.N., Profet, M. and Gold, L.S. Nature's Chemicals and Synthetic Chemicals: Comparative Toxicology. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87:7782-7786, 1990.
• Ames, B.N., Shigenaga, M.K. and Hagen, T.M. Oxidants, Antioxidants, and the Degenerative Diseases of Aging. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 90:7915-7922, 1993.
• Shigenaga, M.K., Hagen, T.M. and Ames, B.N. Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Decay in Aging. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91:10771-10778, 1994.
• Gee, P., Maron, D.M. and Ames, B.N. Detection and classification of mutagens: A set of base-specific Salmonella tester strains. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91:11606-11610, 1994.
• Ames, B.N., Cold, L.S. and Willett, W.C. The causes and prevention of cancer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92: 5258-5265, 1995.