Prix Japon 2017 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Sciences de la vie

   Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna

   Biologie

   for deciphering the molecular details of the type II bacterial immune system CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)-Cas and the creation of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing system, a truly revolutionary technique in genetic engineering, far more economical and faster than those previously available.

2. Electronique, Information et Communication

   Adi Shamir

   Informatique

   for his significant contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.