ウルフ賞 2001: 勝者

受賞者

1. 農業

   James E. Womack, Roger N. Beachy

   生物学

   for the use of recombinant DNA technology, to revolutionize plant (Beachy) and animal (Womack) sciences, paving the way for applications to neighboring fields.

2. 化学

   Henri B. Kagan, Ryōji Noyori

   化学

   for their pioneering, creative and crucial work in developing asymmetric catalysis for the synthesis of chiral molecules, greatly increasing humankind's ability to create new products of fundamental and practical importance.

3. 化学

   K. Barry Sharpless

   化学

   for their pioneering, creative and crucial work in developing asymmetric catalysis for the synthesis of chiral molecules, greatly increasing humankind´s ability to create new products of fundamental and practical importance.

4. 数学

   Saharon Shelah

   数学

   for his many fundamental contributions to mathematical logic and set theory, and their applications within other parts of mathematics.

5. 数学

   Vladimir Arnold

   数学

   for his deep and influential work in a multitude of areas of mathematics, including dynamical systems, differential equations, and singularity theory.

6. 医学

   Alexander Varshavsky, Avram Hershko

   生物学

   for the discovery of the ubiquitin system of intracellular protein degradation and the crucial functions of this system in cellular regulation.