Zhijian Chen

Prix

1. 2019

   Prix Breakthrough — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for elucidating how DNA triggers immune and autoimmune responses from the interior of a cell through the discovery of the DNA-sensing enzyme cGAS.

2. 2024

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that senses foreign and self DNA, solving the mystery of how DNA stimulates immune and inflammatory responses

3. 2026

   Prix Japon — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for their discovery of the nucleic acid sensing mechanism by the innate immune system.