Advancing Basic Science for Humanity
2018 Kavli Prizes
The 2018 Kavli Prize laureates were selected for their research on the science of star creation, the neuroscience of hearing and a tool for DNA editing.
2018 KAVLI PRIZE ASTROPHYSICS
Recognized “for her combined contributions to observational, theoretical, and laboratory astrochemistry, elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets.”
Ewine van Dishoeck Leiden University, NETHERLANDS |
2018 KAVLI PRIZE NANOSCIENCE
Recognized “for the invention of CRISPR-Cas9, a precise nanotool for editing DNA, causing a revolution in biology, agriculture, and medicine."
Emmanuelle Charpentier Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, GERMANY |
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley, USA |
Virginijus Šikšnys Stanford University, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
2018 KAVLI PRIZE NEUROSCIENCE
Recognized “for their pioneering work on the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing."
A. James Hudspeth Rockefeller University, New York, USA |
Robert Fettiplace University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
Christine Petit Collège de France/Pasteur Institute, Paris, FRANCE |