Premio Wolf 1978: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Agricultura

   George F. Sprague

   Biología

   for his outstanding research on the genetic amelioration of maize for human welfare.

2. Agricultura

   John Charles Walker

   Biología

   for his research in plant pathology, developing of disease-resistant varieties of major food plants.

3. Química

   Carl Djerassi

   Química

   for his work in bioorganic chemistry, application of new spectroscopic techniques, and his support of international cooperation.

4. Matemáticas

   Carl L. Siegel

   Matemáticas

   in recognition of his contributions to the theory of numbers, theory of several complex variables, and celestial mechanics.

5. Matemáticas

   Israel Gelfand

   Matemáticas

   for his work on functional analysis, group representation, and for his seminal contributions to many areas of mathematics and its applications.

6. Medicina

   George D. Snell

   Biología

   for discovery of H-2 antigens, which codes for major transplantation antigens and the onset of the immune response.

7. Medicina

   Jean Dausset

   Biología

   for discovering the HL-A system, the major histocompatibility complex in man and its primordial role in organ transplantation.

8. Medicina

   Jon J. van Rood

   Biología

   for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HL-A system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease.

9. Física

   Chien-Shiung Wu

   Física

   for her persistent and successful exploration of the weak interaction which helped establish the precise form and the non conservation of parity for this new natural force.