Kavli Prize 2018 in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience
Oslo, Norway – Seven pioneering scientists from Europe and the USA have been named this year’s recipients of the Kavli Prizes – prizes that recognise scientists for their pioneer advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.
The 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for 2018 is awarded to Ewine van Dishoeck, Leiden University, Netherlands, “for her combined contributions to observational, theoretical, and laboratory astrochemistry, elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets.”
The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for 2018 is shared between Emmanuelle Charpentier, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany, Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Virginijus Šikšnys, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, “for the invention of CRISPR-Cas9, a precise nanotool for editing DNA, causing a revolution in biology, agriculture, and medicine.”
The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for 2018 is shared between A. James Hudspeth, Rockefeller University, New York, USA, Robert Fettiplace, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA and Christine Petit, Collège de France/Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, “for their pioneering work on the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing.”
Read more about the laureates and the prize ceremony on the website of the Kavli Prize Foundation.
