03.12.2009

The Goi Peace Foundation will bestow the 2009 Goi Peace Award on Santa Cruz resident, Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of New Biology.

The annual Goi Peace Award honors individuals and organizations in various fields that have made outstanding contributions toward the realization of a peaceful and harmonious world for all life on earth. Previous award recipients include Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Assistant Secretary General of the UN, Robert Muller and Dr. James Lovelock, founder of the Gaia Theory.

Dr. Lipton will receive the award at a ceremony during the Goi Peace Foundation Forum 2009 to be held at Ginza Blossom Hall in Tokyo on November 8, 2009.

Hiroo Saionji, president of the Goi Peace Foundation declared, “Through his research and educational activities, Dr. Lipton has contributed to greater understanding of life and the true nature of humanity, empowering wide layers of the public to take control of their own lives and become responsible co-creators of a harmonious planetary future.”

Dr. Lipton, a pioneering stem cell biologist whose research presaged the new science of epigenetics, is the bestselling author of The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness Matter and Miracles and the recently released Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (And A Way to Get There From Here). He is internationally regarded for his work in bridging science and spirit, and has been a guest speaker on hundreds of TV and radio shows, as well as keynote presenter for national and international conferences.

Contact: Bruce@BruceLipton.com, (831) 454-0606

Additional Information:

Dr. Lipton began his scientific career as a cell biologist. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville before joining the Department of Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine in 1973. His research on muscular dystrophy, studies employing cloned human stem cells, focused upon the molecular mechanisms controlling cell behavior. An experimental tissue transplantation technique developed by Dr. Lipton and colleague Dr. Ed Schultz and published in the journal Science was subsequently employed as a novel form of human genetic engineering.

In 1982, Dr. Lipton began examining the principles of quantum physics and how they might be integrated into his understanding of the cell’s information processing systems. He produced breakthrough studies on the cell membrane, which revealed that this outer layer of the cell was an organic homologue of a computer chip, the cell’s equivalent of a brain. His research at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, between 1987 and 1992, revealed that the environment, operating though the membrane, controlled the behavior and physiology of the cell, turning genes on and off. His discoveries presaged one of today’s most important fields of study, the science of epigenetics. Two major scientific publications derived from these studies defined the molecular pathways connecting the mind and body. Many subsequent papers by other researchers have since validated his concepts and ideas.

 Recipients of The Goi Peace Award:

Goi Peace Award 2009: Dr. Bruce H. Lipton
Goi Peace Award 2008: Bill Gates
Goi Peace Award 2007: William Drayton
Goi Peace Award 2006: Duane Elgin
Goi Peace Award 2005: Dr. Lester R. Brown
Goi Peace Award 2004: Dr. Oscar Arias Sánchez
Goi Peace Award 2003: Dr. Robert Muller
Goi Peace Award 2002: Takeshi Umehara
Goi Peace Award 2001: Dr. Ervin Laszlo
Goi Peace Award 2000: Dr. James Lovelock