Shaw Prize 2008: Winners

Recipients

1. Astronomy

   Reinhard Genzel

   Physics

   In recognition of his outstanding contributions in demonstrating that the Milky Way contains a supermassive black hole at its centre.

2. Life Science and Medicine

   Ian Wilmut, Keith H. S. Campbell, Shinya Yamanaka

   Biology

   For their recent pivotal innovations in reversing the process of cell differentiation in mammals, a phenomenon which advances our knowledge of developmental biology and holds great promise for the treatment of human diseases and improvements in agriculture practices.

3. Mathematical Sciences

   Ludvig Faddeev, Vladimir Arnold

   Math

   For their widespread and influential contributions to Mathematical Physics.