Prix Breakthrough · Sciences de la vie

Prix Breakthrough 2020 : lauréats

Destinataires

  1. Arthur L. Horwich, Franz-Ulrich Hartl

    Biologie

    for discovering functions of molecular chaperones in mediating protein folding and preventing protein aggregation.

  2. David Julius

    Biologie

    for discovering molecules, cells, and mechanisms underlying pain sensation.

  3. Jeffrey M. Friedman

    Biologie

    for the discovery of a new endocrine system through which adipose tissue signals the brain to regulate food intake.

  4. Virginia Man-Yee Lee

    Biologie

    for discovering TDP43 protein aggregates in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and revealing that different forms of alpha-synuclein, in different cell types, underlie Parkinson's disease and Multiple System Atrophy.