Prix Breakthrough 2022 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Physique fondamentale

   Hidetoshi Katori, Jun Ye

   Physique

   For outstanding contributions to the invention and development of the optical lattice clock, which enables precision tests of the fundamental laws of nature.

2. Sciences de la vie

   Jeffery W. Kelly

   Biologie

   for elucidating the molecular basis of neurodegenerative and cardiac transthyretin diseases, and for developing tafamidis, a drug that slows their progression.

3. Sciences de la vie

   Katalin Karikó

   Biologie

   for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.

4. Sciences de la vie

   Shankar Balasubramanian

   Biologie

   for the development of a robust and affordable method to determine DNA sequences on a massive scale, which has transformed the practice of science and medicine.

5. Mathématiques

   Takurō Mochizuki

   Mathématiques

   for monumental work leading to a breakthrough in our understanding of the theory of bundles with flat connections over algebraic varieties, including the case of irregular singularities.