Prix Breakthrough 2024 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Physique fondamentale

   Alexander Zamolodchikov, John Cardy

   Physique

   For profound contributions to statistical physics and quantum field theory, with diverse and far-reaching applications in different branches of physics and mathematics.

2. Sciences de la vie

   Carl H. June

   Biologie

   for the development of chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy whereby the patient's T cells are modified to target and kill cancer cells.

3. Sciences de la vie

   Sabine Hadida

   Biologie

   for developing life-transforming drug combinations that repair the defective chloride channel protein in patients with cystic fibrosis.

4. Sciences de la vie

   Thomas Gasser

   Biologie

   for identifying GBA1 and LRRK2 as risk genes for Parkinson's disease, implicating autophagy and lysosomal biology as critical contributors to the pathogenesis of the disease.

5. Mathématiques

   Simon Brendle

   Mathématiques

   for transformative contributions to differential geometry, including sharp geometric inequalities, many results on Ricci flow and mean curvature flow and the Lawson conjecture on minimal tori in the 3-sphere.