ブレークスルー賞 2022: 勝者

受賞者

1. 基礎物理学

   Hidetoshi Katori, Jun Ye

   物理学

   For outstanding contributions to the invention and development of the optical lattice clock, which enables precision tests of the fundamental laws of nature.

2. ライフサイエンス

   Jeffery W. Kelly

   生物学

   for elucidating the molecular basis of neurodegenerative and cardiac transthyretin diseases, and for developing tafamidis, a drug that slows their progression.

3. ライフサイエンス

   Katalin Karikó

   生物学

   for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.

4. ライフサイエンス

   Shankar Balasubramanian

   生物学

   for the development of a robust and affordable method to determine DNA sequences on a massive scale, which has transformed the practice of science and medicine.

5. 数学

   Takurō Mochizuki

   数学

   for monumental work leading to a breakthrough in our understanding of the theory of bundles with flat connections over algebraic varieties, including the case of irregular singularities.