Premio Breakthrough 2018: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Física Fundamental

   Charles L. Bennett, Gary Hinshaw, Norman Jarosik, Lyman Page, David N. Spergel

   Física

   For detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded the formation of galaxies.

2. Ciencias de la vida

   Don W. Cleveland

   Biología

   for elucidating the molecular pathogenesis of a type of inherited ALS, including the role of glia in neurodegeneration, and for establishing antisense oligonucleotide therapy in animal models of ALS and Huntington disease.

3. Ciencias de la vida

   Joanne Chory

   Biología

   for discovering how plants optimize their growth, development, and cellular structure to transform sunlight into chemical energy.

4. Ciencias de la vida

   Kim Nasmyth

   Biología

   for elucidating the sophisticated mechanism that mediates the perilous separation of duplicated chromosomes during cell division and thereby prevents genetic diseases such as cancer.

5. Ciencias de la vida

   Peter Walter

   Biología

   for elucidating the unfolded protein response, a cellular quality-control system that detects disease-causing unfolded proteins and directs cells to take corrective measures.

6. Matemáticas

   Christopher Hacon, James McKernan

   Matemáticas

   for transformational contributions to birational algebraic geometry, especially to the minimal model program in all dimensions.