Premio Shaw 2012: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Astronomía

   David Jewitt, Jane Luu

   Física

   For their discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies, an archeological treasure dating back to the formation of the Solar System and the long-sought source of short period comets.

2. Ciencias de la vida y medicina

   Arthur L. Horwich, Franz-Ulrich Hartl

   Biología

   For their contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanism of protein folding. Proper protein folding is essential for many cellular functions.

3. Ciencias Matemáticas

   Maxim Kontsevich

   Matemáticas

   For his pioneering works in algebra, geometry and mathematical physics and in particular deformation quantization, motivic integration and mirror symmetry.