Prix Breakthrough 2018 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Don W. Cleveland

   Biologie

   for elucidating the molecular pathogenesis of a type of inherited ALS, including the role of glia in neurodegeneration, and for establishing antisense oligonucleotide therapy in animal models of ALS and Huntington disease.

2. Joanne Chory

   Biologie

   for discovering how plants optimize their growth, development, and cellular structure to transform sunlight into chemical energy.

3. Kim Nasmyth

   Biologie

   for elucidating the sophisticated mechanism that mediates the perilous separation of duplicated chromosomes during cell division and thereby prevents genetic diseases such as cancer.

4. Peter Walter

   Biologie

   for elucidating the unfolded protein response, a cellular quality-control system that detects disease-causing unfolded proteins and directs cells to take corrective measures.