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Canada Standard
27-05-2025
- Science
- Canada Standard
4 scientists win Shaw Prize in 2025
HONG KONG, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Four scientists won the Shaw Prize this year for their outstanding work in the prize's three categories, the Shaw Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday. The Astronomy prize is awarded in equal shares to John Richard Bond, a professor from the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, and George Efstathiou, an astrophysics professor from the University of Cambridge, for their pioneering research in cosmology, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass-energy content of the universe. The Life Science and Medicine prize went to Wolfgang Baumeister, director emeritus and scientific member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography, an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings. The Mathematical Sciences prize went to Kenji Fukaya, a professor from the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center of Tsinghua University, for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, especially for envisioning the existence of a category, nowadays called the Fukaya category. Each prize carries a cash award of 1.2 million U.S. dollars. The award ceremony will be held in Hong Kong on Oct. 21. Established in 2002 in Hong Kong, the Shaw Prize is an international recognition of remarkable scientific achievements. It is administered by the Shaw Prize Foundation and has been awarded annually since 2004.
South China Morning Post
27-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
German scientist wins Hong Kong's Shaw Prize for pioneering 3D imaging work
A German molecular biologist has won Hong Kong's prestigious Shaw Prize this year for his development of a cutting-edge imaging technology that helps scientists understand how viruses attack the human body and come up with new treatments. Professor Wolfgang Baumeister, director emeritus and scientific member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Germany, was on Tuesday named one of the winners of the Shaw Prize, dubbed the 'Nobel Prize of the East'. Baumeister was awarded the 2025 Shaw Prize in life science and medicine for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic electron tomography, or cryo-ET, an imaging technique that enabled 3D visualisation of biological samples such as proteins. 'In general, there are three areas that benefit most from this cutting-edge technology: virology; cancer treatment and diagnostics; and study in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's,' said Shaw Prize Council member Professor Justin Wu Che-yuen, the associate dean of health systems at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's medical faculty. He said the technology helped scientists understand how viruses attacked the human body and to develop new treatments, such as vaccines. In terms of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, the technology revealed how abnormal proteins accumulated in cells, how the proteins interacted with other cellular components and how they responded to current treatments. This understanding could lead to new early detection strategies and therapeutics, Wu said.
Korea Herald
27-05-2025
- Science
- Korea Herald
Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2025
HONG KONG, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded in equal shares to John Richard Bond Professor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University Professor, University of Toronto, Canada and George Efstathiou Professor of Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. Their predictions have been verified by an armada of ground-, balloon- and space-based instruments, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass-energy content of the universe. The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine is awarded to Wolfgang Baumeister Director Emeritus and Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography (cryo-ET), an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings. The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Kenji Fukaya Professor, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, PRC for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, especially for envisioning the existence of a category — nowadays called the Fukaya category — consisting of Lagrangians on a symplectic manifold, for leading the monumental task of constructing it, and for his subsequent ground-breaking and impactful contributions to symplectic topology, mirror symmetry, and gauge theory. Tuesday, 27 May 202 5. At today's press conference in Hong Kong, The Shaw Prize Foundation announced the Shaw Laureates for 2025. Information was posted on the website at Hong Kong time 15:30 (GMT 07:30). The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each bearing a monetary award of US$1.2 million. This will be the twenty-second year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, 21 October 2025 in Hong Kong.
Cision Canada
27-05-2025
- Science
- Cision Canada
Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2025
HONG KONG, May 27, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded in equal shares to John Richard Bond Professor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University Professor, University of Toronto, Canada and George Efstathiou Professor of Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. Their predictions have been verified by an armada of ground-, balloon- and space-based instruments, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass-energy content of the universe. The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine is awarded to Wolfgang Baumeister Director Emeritus and Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography (cryo-ET), an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings. The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Kenji Fukaya Professor, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, PRC for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, especially for envisioning the existence of a category — nowadays called the Fukaya category — consisting of Lagrangians on a symplectic manifold, for leading the monumental task of constructing it, and for his subsequent ground-breaking and impactful contributions to symplectic topology, mirror symmetry, and gauge theory. Tuesday, 27 May 202 5. At today's press conference in Hong Kong, The Shaw Prize Foundation announced the Shaw Laureates for 2025. Information was posted on the website at Hong Kong time 15:30 (GMT 07:30). The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each bearing a monetary award of US$1.2 million. This will be the twenty-second year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, 21 October 2025 in Hong Kong.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Announcement of The Shaw Laureates 2025
HONG KONG, May 27, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded in equal shares to John Richard BondProfessor, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University Professor, University of Toronto, Canada and George EfstathiouProfessor of Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom for their pioneering research in cosmology, in particular for their studies of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background. Their predictions have been verified by an armada of ground-, balloon- and space-based instruments, leading to precise determinations of the age, geometry, and mass-energy content of the universe. The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine is awarded to Wolfgang BaumeisterDirector Emeritus and Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany for his pioneering development and use of cryogenic-electron tomography (cryo-ET), an imaging technique that enables three-dimensional visualisation of biological samples, including proteins, macromolecular complexes, and cellular compartments as they exist in their natural cellular settings. The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is awarded to Kenji FukayaProfessor, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, PRC for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, especially for envisioning the existence of a category — nowadays called the Fukaya category — consisting of Lagrangians on a symplectic manifold, for leading the monumental task of constructing it, and for his subsequent ground-breaking and impactful contributions to symplectic topology, mirror symmetry, and gauge theory. Tuesday, 27 May 2025. At today's press conference in Hong Kong, The Shaw Prize Foundation announced the Shaw Laureates for 2025. Information was posted on the website at Hong Kong time 15:30 (GMT 07:30). The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each bearing a monetary award of US$1.2 million. This will be the twenty-second year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, 21 October 2025 in Hong Kong. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Shaw Prize View original content to download multimedia: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
