ウルフ賞 1978: 勝者

受賞者

1. 農業

   George F. Sprague

   生物学

   for his outstanding research on the genetic amelioration of maize for human welfare.

2. 農業

   John Charles Walker

   生物学

   for his research in plant pathology, developing of disease-resistant varieties of major food plants.

3. 化学

   Carl Djerassi

   化学

   for his work in bioorganic chemistry, application of new spectroscopic techniques, and his support of international cooperation.

4. 数学

   Carl L. Siegel

   数学

   in recognition of his contributions to the theory of numbers, theory of several complex variables, and celestial mechanics.

5. 数学

   Israel Gelfand

   数学

   for his work on functional analysis, group representation, and for his seminal contributions to many areas of mathematics and its applications.

6. 医学

   George D. Snell

   生物学

   for discovery of H-2 antigens, which codes for major transplantation antigens and the onset of the immune response.

7. 医学

   Jean Dausset

   生物学

   for discovering the HL-A system, the major histocompatibility complex in man and its primordial role in organ transplantation.

8. 医学

   Jon J. van Rood

   生物学

   for his contribution to the understanding of the complexity of the HL-A system in man and its implications in transplantation and in disease.

9. 物理学

   Chien-Shiung Wu

   物理学

   for her persistent and successful exploration of the weak interaction which helped establish the precise form and the non conservation of parity for this new natural force.