Prix Breakthrough 2019 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Physique fondamentale

   Charles Kane, Eugene Mele

   Physique

   For new ideas about topology and symmetry in physics, leading to the prediction of a new class of materials that conduct electricity only on their surface.

2. Sciences de la vie

   Angelika Amon

   Biologie

   for determining the consequences of aneuploidy, an abnormal chromosome number resulting from chromosome mis-segregation.

3. Sciences de la vie

   C. Frank Bennett

   Biologie

   for the development of an effective antisense oligonucleotide therapy for children with the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy.

4. Sciences de la vie

   Xiaowei Zhuang

   Biologie

   for discovering hidden structures in cells by developing super-resolution imaging – a method that transcends the fundamental spatial resolution limit of light microscopy.

5. Sciences de la vie

   Zhijian Chen

   Biologie

   for elucidating how DNA triggers immune and autoimmune responses from the interior of a cell through the discovery of the DNA-sensing enzyme cGAS.

6. Mathématiques

   Vincent Lafforgue

   Mathématiques

   for ground breaking contributions to several areas of mathematics, in particular to the Langlands program in the function field case.