Premio Shaw 2015: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Astronomía

   William J. Borucki

   Física

   For his conceiving and leading the Kepler Mission, which greatly advanced knowledge of both extrasolar planetary systems and stellar interiors.

2. Ciencias de la vida y medicina

   Bonnie L. Bassler, Everett Peter Greenberg

   Biología

   For elucidating the molecular mechanism of quorum sensing, a process whereby bacteria communicate with each other and which offers innovative ways to interfere with bacterial pathogens or to modulate the microbiome for health applications.

3. Ciencias Matemáticas

   Gerd Faltings, Henryk Iwaniec

   Matemáticas

   For their introduction and development of fundamental tools in number theory, allowing them as well as others to resolve some longstanding classical problems.