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The award of $3 million, the largest award in the sciences, [2] is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life. The Prize is awarded annually, beginning in 2013, with six awards given in each subsequent year. Winners are expected to give public lectures and form the committee to decide future winners. [1]
The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. [1] [2] The awards are part of several "Breakthrough" initiatives founded and funded by Yuri Milner and his wife Julia Milner, along with Breakthrough Initiatives and Breakthrough Junior Challenge.
Helen Haskell Hobbs (born May 5, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts) [1] is an American medical researcher who is professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, who won a 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and the 2018 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine. [2]
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: Breakthrough Prize: Transformative advances in fundamental physics [1] International: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: Breakthrough Prize: Research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life [2] International: Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: Breakthrough Prize: Mathematics [3 ...
In 2019 he was awarded a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his contributions to the understanding of the RNA gene-splicing process and, in collaboration with fellow Prize Laureate Dr. Frank Bennet of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, the development of medical interventions that target the RNA-splicing process, including Spinraza, which is the first treatment for the genetic disorder Spinal ...
In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work. [5] He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1994. He was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [6]
Boyden won a statewide science fair in Texas at age 12 with a project in geometry. [4] At 14, Boyden attended the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas where he studied chemistry and mathematics alongside his high school coursework. There, he worked in Paul Braterman's lab examining the origins of life ...
2013 Dickson Prize in Science [61] 2014 Keio Medical Science Prize [62] 2015 Albany Medical Center Prize [63] 2015 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences [64] 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences [5] 2015 Dickson Prize in Medicine [65] 2015 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award [66] 2016 Massry Prize, with Peter Hegemann and Gero ...