The Wolf Prizes, in science for 2011, in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, will be awarded this coming May to ten world-renowned scientists from the USA, Germany and Japan, who research and work in the fields of medicine, chemistry, physics and agriculture
The Minister of Education and Chairman of the Council of the Wolf Foundation, Gideon Sa'ar announced today the winners of the Wolf Prizes in Science for 2011. The four prizes, in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars each, will be awarded on Sunday, May 29, 2011, by the President of the State and the Minister to ten outstanding scientists of world renown from Mara "B, Germany and Japan, who research and work in the fields of medicine, chemistry, physics and agriculture. In addition to the four prizes in the sciences, another Wolff prize, the fifth in number, in the field of painting and sculpture, will be awarded this year to the German artist, Rosemary Trokel
It should be noted that at the direction of the Minister of Education, Gideon Sa'ar, budgetary support in the amount of 1.2 million shekels was transferred to the Wolf Foundation as a precedent. International for scientists and artists of the first class.
The Wolf Prize in Medicine for 2011 will be awarded jointly to two researchers - from Japan and the USA
The prize in medicine will be awarded this year to Prof. Shinya Yamanaka from the Center for Stem Cell Research at Kyoto University in Japan, and Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch from the Whitehead Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, "for the creation of induced stem cells with the ability Unlimited differentiation from skin cells and the demonstration that such cells can be used to cure a genetic disease in mice."
The stem cell revolution arouses great interest in the scientific community due to the potential inherent in them to repair damaged tissues and organs. A large number of works have shown the ability of human embryonic stem cells to undergo differentiation into a variety of tissues
including cardiac cells. One of the obstacles on the way to the clinical use of these stem cells is the immune problem, since they are expected to be rejected after the transplant - if they are transplanted into a foreign person. In the last two years, there has been a significant breakthrough in the field
With the development of induced stem cell technology that allows adult cells (taken from the skin) to be reprogrammed to a state of stem cells similar to embryonic stem cells. According to the international committee of judges in the field of medicine, "the groundbreaking research contributions of Prof. Yemanka and Dr. Yeinish laid the foundation for the work being carried out in hundreds of laboratories around the world in the field of regenerative medicine."
The Wolf Prize in Chemistry for 2011 will be awarded jointly to three researchers from the USA:
The prize in chemistry will be awarded this year to Prof. Stuart Alan Rice from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago, to Prof. Ching W. Tang from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester in New York
And to Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski from the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, "for their creative and profound contributions to the chemical sciences in the fields of synthesis, properties and understanding of organic substances."
The Wolf Prize in Chemistry for the year 2011-XNUMX, to be awarded jointly to Prof. Stuart Alan Rice from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago, to Prof. Ching W. Tang from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester in New York And to Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski from the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, "for their creative and profound contributions to the chemical sciences in the fields of synthesis, properties and understanding of organic substances."
Our lives today are indescribable without the many devices, the accessories that have changed the face of science and industry such as the transistor, solar cells and many types of lasers, all built from inorganic materials found in nature. In the last decade, a revolution took place in the subject when the attempt to build similar devices from organic materials - both those found in nature and those assembled in the laboratory - came up. Due to their molecular size, these devices allow penetration into the field of nanotechnology. The inspiration for this revolution was the pioneering work of the organic chemist Prof. Stuart Rice, who characterized various chemical processes under the influence of radiation or electric current as physical processes of a familiar nature, and studied them - both in theory and in the laboratory. Inspired by his ideas, three new branches of research were opened. Two of them were created by Prof. Ching Teng, who used organic crystals for his needs. The OLED devices he invented changed beyond recognition the way television studios in the world operate. To produce the organic materials on an industrial scale and in a controlled and precise manner - link by link - the revolutionary innovations of the synthetic chemist born in Poland were required,
Prof. Krzysztof Matiaszewski, who invented a device for the controlled, precise and efficient synthesis of polymer chains.
The Wolf Prize in Agriculture for 2011 will be awarded jointly to two researchers from the USA
The prize in agriculture will be awarded this year to Prof. Harris A. Lewin from the Institute of Genome Biology at the University of Illinois, "for extremely significant discoveries that contribute to both basic and practical aspects of animal agriculture." The International Committee of Judges in the field of agriculture stated that "Through studies on the genetics and genomics of cattle, Prof. Levin greatly expanded our understanding of immunogenetics and disease resistance." Levin led the efforts to establish research and programs to train the next generation of animal scientists."
And to Prof. James R. Cook (James R. Cook) from the University of Washington State "for basic discoveries in plant diseases and soil microbiology that affect crops and the agricultural interface...", according to the international committee "Prof. Cook's work improved pest control Downy mildew in wheat and barley caused a paradigm shift in plant disease control in other crops."
The Wolf Prize in Physics for 2011 will be awarded jointly to three researchers from Germany
The prize in physics will be awarded this year to Prof. Maximilian Haider from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, to Prof. Harald Rose from the Technical University of Darmstadt and to Prof. Knut Urban from the Jülich Research Center and the University of Aachen, "for the development of scanning electron microscopy - Aberration, which allows distinguishing individual atoms with the precision of picometers, thus leading to a revolution in materials science."
The Wolf Prize in Physics for the year 2011-XNUMX will be awarded to Prof. Maximilian Haider from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, to Prof. Harald Rose from the Technical University of Darmstadt and to Prof. Knut Urban from the Jülich Research Center and Aachen University, "for The development of low-aberration electron microscopy, which allows the distinction of individual atoms with a precision of picometers, thus led to a revolution in materials science."
The electron microscope is one of the most common research tools today in all fields of natural science and in a wide range of technologies, from basic research to essential industries. Due to the use of electron beams instead of the light rays used by the classical optical microscopes, the electron microscope, which was invented at the beginning of
Twentieth century, to distinguish objects the size of a single atom - except for the phenomenon of aberration, the impairment of the ability to distinguish clearly due to the structure of the electromagnetic "lenses" in the electron microscope. Without the aberration, objects could be magnified a million times more than the optical microscope. In practice, the ability to distinguish was much worse. Since the three laureates began working together in 1950, they succeeded in producing low-aberration electronic optics that penetrate atomic and subatomic dimensions. Their work was inspired by the development of a new optical approach developed by Prof. Harold Rose. Relying on this approach, Prof. Maximilian Haider was able to assemble the first type of low-aberration electron microscope. Prof. Knut Orban developed the first production line of electron microscopes capable of distinguishing in an atomic dimension. He also developed the theoretical and practical basis required to extend the operation of electron microscopes to subatomic dimensions, so that the position of individual atoms can be determined to an accuracy of one-hundredth of the size of the hydrogen atom. In the opinion of the jury, the research of the three winners revolutionized materials science.
The Minister of Education, Gideon Sa'ar, who also serves as chairman of the Wolf Foundation Board, congratulated the prize winners and said that "in the 33 years in which it has been awarded, the Wolf Prize has brought great respect to the country and to scientific endeavor in Israel and around the world. The prize has a very high reputation in the scientific community, and it also turns out that winning the prize may also predict future winning the Nobel Prize - one out of three Wolf Prize recipients from Israel and around the world later won the Nobel Prize, including Prof. Ada Yonat, the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, who also won the prize two years earlier Wolf.”
The Wolf Prizes have been awarded since 1978 until today "for a unique contribution to humanity and to friendly relations between peoples, without distinctions of citizenship, race, color, religion, gender or political view". In science the fields are: agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, and in art in annual rotation - architecture, music, painting and sculpture. So far this year, 262 scientists and artists from 23 countries have received the prestigious award, including 18 winners from Israel. The Wolf Foundation was founded by Dr. Ricardo Wolf, a Jew born in Germany, who between 1961-1973 served as Cuba's ambassador to Israel. In addition, the foundation grants scholarships and prizes to outstanding students and researchers from higher education institutions in Israel.
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