Honors
| 2016 | Awarded Albany Prize |
| 2015 | Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt Prize |
| Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, Glenn Foundation for Medical Research | |
| Distinguished Lecturer for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Diana Helis Henry and Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundations, Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering | |
| Methusalem Lecturer, University of Leuven, Belgium | |
| Norton Zinder Distinguished Lecturer, Rockefeller University | |
| 2013 | DART/New York University Biotechnology Award for Basic Biotechnology, New York University School of Medicine |
| Howard Taylor Ricketts Award, University of Chicago | |
| 2012 | Molecular, Cellular and Proteomics Award, Human Proteome Organization |
| E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology | |
| 2011 | Elected to European Molecular Biology Organization, Associate Member (USA) |
| 2010 | President’s National Medal of Science (2009) |
| Mendel Medal, Genetics Society UK | |
| Max Delbrück Medal, Berlin | |
| Doctor of Science honoris causa, Harvard University | |
| International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Medal | |
| 2009 | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Excellence in Science Award |
| 2008 | Stein & Moore Award, Protein Society |
| Otto Warburg Prize, German Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | |
| Genetics Society of America Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Genetics | |
| Harvard Centennial Medal for graduate alumni who have made exceptional contributions to society | |
| 2007-08 | Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study |
| 2007 | Nevada Silver Medal for Scientific Achievement |
| Doctorate of Science honoris causa, Columbia University | |
| 2006 | Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies |
| University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award | |
| Sigma Xi William Procter Prize for Academic Achievement | |
| Emil Christian Hansen Gold Medal | |
| 2005 | Radcliffe Graduate Alumnae Recognition Award |
| Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture Award | |
| 2004 | Elected to Leopoldina, German Academy of Natural Sciences |
| Senior Scientist Career Achievement Award, Women in Cell Biology | |
| 2003 | Elected to the American Philosophical Society |
| 2002-03 | Dickson Prize in Medicine, Senior Career Recognition Award, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2002 | Doctor of Science honoris causa, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA |
| Doctor of Science honoris causa, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill MA | |
| 2000 | Novartis/Drew Award in Biomedical Research |
| 1999-2001 | Albert D Lasker Professor of Medical Sciences, The University of Chicago |
| 1997 | MERIT Award, NIH, NIGMS |
| Elected to the National Academy of Sciences | |
| Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology | |
| 1996 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences |