Omar M. Yaghi, 2018 Wolf Prize laureate in
#chemistry
, has made significant contributions to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that have the potential to make a significant impact on a variety of fields, from energy storage to catalysis.
Venkatesan Sundaresan is awarded the Wolf Prize for pioneering discoveries in the genetics and molecular biology of plant reproduction and seed formation and for the application of this knowledge to develop self-reproducing hybrid crops that will transform agriculture, making
Happy
#Thanksgiving
!
Today we’re thankful for the work of 2006
#WolfPrize
Laureate in the Arts Michelangelo Pistoletto, a man who has used creativity as a medium to remind us of our humanity. How will you spend today reflecting on your understanding of the world?
@_cittadellarte
Happy Birthday Professor Harry Gray of
@Caltech
! Professor Gray received the 2004
#WolfPrize
in chemistry for his prolific work in inorganic chemistry. His energetic personality also helped make chemistry accessible to the general public. For that, we are very grateful.
We are pleased to announce that for the first time, the Wolf Prize is going on a World Tour presenting laureates with their awards.🥇
Keep up to date with the ceremonial presentation and find out when and where we will be!
Make sure to follow
@WolfPrize_
#WolfPrizeWorldTour
Congratulations to the 2022
#WolfPrize
laureates in Chemistry: Professors Bonnie L. Bassler, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and Benjamin F. Cravatt III. They have been recognized for their seminal contributions to understanding the chemistry of cellular communication.
Congratulations to the 2022
#WolfPrize
laureates in Physics: Professors Paul Corkum, Anne L’Huillier, and Ferenc Krausz. They have been recognized for pioneering contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics.
Prof. Chuan He, 2023 Wolf prize in Chemistry:
“I was working on a grant in my office Sunday morning when Reut called. I was thrilled. I want to thank the committee and the Wolf Foundation for this incredible honor.”
@UChiChemistry
@UChicago
It is an honor to announce Professor
@Giorgioparisi
of
@SapienzaRoma
as the laureate of the
#WolfPrize
2021 in Physics for groundbreaking discoveries in disordered systems, particle physics, and statistical physics.
Bonnie Bassler was awarded the 2022 Wolf Prize for her work elucidating the role of chemical communication between bacteria.
Her discoveries help to develop innovative medicines and can’t wait to see what else is in store in the future!
#biochemistry
#bacteria
#wolfprize
“I am deeply honored to receive the Wolf Prize. The recognition of the work of dedicated trainees and scientific staff by the prestigious Wolf Foundation is extremely meaningful to us״
Prof.
@DanielJDrucker
2023 Wolf Prize laureate in Medicine, during the live announcement
@UofT
Adi Shamir is awarded the Wolf Prize for being a truly exceptional scientist and has been the leading force in transforming cryptography into a scientific discipline that is heavily based on Mathematics. His foundational discoveries combine mathematical ingenuity with a range of
Prof. César Milstein (1927-2002) was an Argentine biochemist who studied the immune system. Milstein received the Wolf prize in medicine in 1980. In 1984, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Ingrid Daubechies is awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize in Mathematics!
Daubechies has made significant contributions to the field of wavelet theory and has revolutionized the way images and signals are processed numerically, providing flexible algorithms for data compression.
@DukeU
György Kurtág is awarded the Wolf Prize for presenting a shining example of a true musician and a human being. His music, which deals with the existential questions of the human soul, focuses on fundamental emotions such as love and sorrow, fear, anxiety, despair, and a desire
Chuan He, Wolf Prize 2023 laureate in Chemistry.
The He laboratory discovered the first RNA demethylase, an enzyme that removes the methyl group from N6-methyladenosine, the most prevalent mRNA modification in eukaryotes - an incredible breakthrough!
@UChiChemistry
@UChicago
How scientists are hacking the genetic code to give proteins new powers:
Hiroaki Suga, Wolf Prize 2023 laureate in Chemistry, developed one workaround with an RNA-based catalyst.
Read more here Suga’s discoveries:
@UTokyo_News_en
Congratulations to the 2022
#WolfPrize
laureate in Agriculture, Professor Pamela C. Ronald, for pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice.
Noga Alon is awarded the 2024 Wolf Prize for his profound impact on Discrete Mathematics and related areas. His seminal contributions include the development of ingenious techniques in Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Theoretical Computer Science, and the solution of
Prof. Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996), retired from Harvard but remained an influential figure in mathematics. He received numerous awards and honors, including Abel, Gauss, and Ramanujan prizes and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1981.
Vladimir Horowitz was a gifted pianist and the 1982 Wolf Prize laureate in Music. Horowitz is known for his technical brilliance, unique interpretation, and performances of composers like Liszt, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff.
Hiroaki Suga, Wolf Prize 2023 laureate in Chemistry!
Suga discovery includes an RNA-based catalyst that expands the range of amino acids and has established a new approach to medicinal chemistry and generated new tools for drug discovery.
Congrats!
@UTokyo_News_en
The incredible artist, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Wolf Prize 2006/2007 laureate in Art:
“Above all, artists must not be only in art galleries - they must be present in all activities. The artist must be the sponsor of thought in whatever endeavor people take on, at every level.”
#2DaysToGo
–– Fun Fact:
#WolfPrize
laureate Prof. Caroline Dean of
@JohnInnesCentre
pioneered discoveries in flowering time control. Her research focused around TWO central questions: Why do certain plants have to pass through winter before they bloom, and how do they remember?
#Spotlight
–– Benjamin F. Cravatt III
#WolfPrize
laureate in Chemistry is the Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology and a Professor at
@scrippsresearch
. His research aims to understand proteins’ roles in human physiological and pathological processes and to identify therapeutic drugs.
Marc Chagall, 1981 Wolf Prize laureate in Art.
The living greatest, original and poetic visionary among the pioneers of modern art, whose glowing colors and human warmth have both a deep personal meaning and universal appeal.
#Spotlight
–– Paul Corkum
#WolfPrize
laureate in Physics is a Canadian physicist and a pioneer in the field of ultrafast laser spectroscopy known for his contributions to the field of high harmonic generation and for proposing intuitive models which help explain complex phenomena.
Joanne Chory is awarded the Wolf Prize for her contributions to plant developmental biology that have paved the way for current novel work and major advances in understanding processes key to crop improvement: light signaling, hormone signaling, shade avoidance, flowering time,
Macyln McCarty (1911-2005) Wolf Prize 1994 laureate with James D. Watson and Francis Crick, members of the DNA structure discovery team in the 1960s.
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the substance responsible for transmitting genetic information, and the experiment proved this.
Giorgio Parisi's father and grandfather were engineers. They encouraged Parisi to also become an engineer, but his passion for science, science fiction, and mathematics literature led him to pursue research in physics instead. Awarded The Wolf Prize for his groundbreaking
Martin L. Perl (1927-2014), discovered the tau lepton, a fundamental particle, in 1975, earning him the 1995 Nobel Prize and the 1982 Wolf Prize in Physics.
Good mentors are crucial. If you ask 2018
#WolfPrize
laureate Professor Omar Yaghi, he will tell you he learned resourcefulness and compassion from his parents, healthy doubt in his PhD, and optimism from his postdoc mentor. Who are your mentors, and what have they taught you?
Martin Rees is being awarded the Wolf Prize for shaping our deepest understanding of the Universe. His outstanding contributions range from high-energy astrophysics, including mechanisms for gamma-ray bursts, powerful radio jets, and black hole formation in galactic nuclei, to
David J. Thouless, (1934-2019), Wolf Prize 1991 laureate and a Nobel Prize laureate.
He specialized in topological quantum states, and also introduced the concept of "topological quantum numbers," which is now fundamental to the description of many different types of matter.
100 years ago, Gyorgy Ligeti, one of the most outstanding composers of the second half of the 20th century, was born!
Ligeti is a 1995/6 Wolf Prize laureate in Music, click the link below to hear his work:
Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel are awarded the Wolf Prize for collectively pioneering a novel vision restoration approach by designing and applying optogenetic technology to render surviving neurons in the eye light-sensitive, functionally replacing photoreceptors lost to
Prof. Jeffery W. Kelly, 2023 Wolf prize laureate in Chemistry:
“Receiving the Wolf Prize was a genuine surprise and an immense privilege, especially considering all the incredible scientists who could have been chosen. I am looking forward to joining the Wolf family!”
We're proud to announce the
#laureate
of the
#WolfPrize2021
in
#Chemistry
- Professor Meir Lahav. He has done extraordinary work in the field of organic crystals.
Congratulations to the 2022
#WolfPrize
laureate in Mathematics, Professor George Luszig, for Groundbreaking contributions to representation theory and related areas.
Prof. Jacob Bekenstein, the 2012 Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics, made a groundbreaking discovery by showing that black holes have a temperature and entropy proportional to the area of their event horizon. This insight initiated the field of black hole thermodynamics, integrating
2020-2021 has been a most unusual time, to say the least. One thing that has been consistent since 1978 is the Wolf Prize, which is awarded for outstanding contributions in STEM and the arts. Follow us to learn more.
#Wolfprize
Daniel Drucker is awarded the 2023 Wolf prize in Medicine!
Drucker's lab has gained worldwide recognition for significant contributions to the development of new therapies for type 2 diabetes and a new therapy for short bowel syndrome.
@DanielJDrucker
@UofT
Let’s shine a spotlight on the brilliant Dr. Daniel Drucker, who has been honored for his contributions to the research and treatment of diabetes and obesity for the benefit of patients 🙏🏼
@UofT
In 2011 Prof. Krysztof Matyjaszewski was awarded the
#WolfPrize
in
#Chemistry
for ground-breaking research in synthesis of organic materials – something which has been of interest since the times of
#alchemy
. We would like to wish him a happy birthday 🎁
#WolfFoundation
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Jeffery W. Kelly, Wolf prize 2023 laureate in Chemistry
Kelly developed a strategy to ameliorate disease caused by pathological protein aggregation
His laboratory developed the drug "tafamidis", which slows disease progression in patients suffering from transthyretin amyloidosis
Nirith Nelson, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at
@israelmuseum
with Richard Long (Wolf Prize 2023 laureate in Art) tells us all about her meeting with Richard.
Read more on Long's special work here:
Martinus Th. Van Genuchten, Wolf Prize 2023 Agriculture laureate:
“We have many agricultural problems, it's not easy to choose one’s research. Where should you begin?
Do the things you enjoy
If you do not enjoy your work, change to another path in life. Still try to contribute!"
Luciano Berio, 1991 Wolf Prize laureate in music, was a highly influential 20th-century composer who pushed musical boundaries. He used electronic instruments, tape recordings, and extended vocal methods, incorporating unconventional sounds like coughing and whispering.
It’s happening next week!
The 2023 Wolf Prize laureate announcement in 8 days…
A message from Dan Shechtman, Acting Chairman of the Wolf Prize
#wolfprize2023
Chien-Shiung Wu, a remarkable physicist, received the Wolf Prize in physics in 1978 at the first Wolf Prize ceremony, and became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious prize!
In her most famous work, she demonstrated that the direction of emission of beta rays is
Celebrating the legacy of Giuseppe Occhialini, born in 1907, whose contributions in physics and cosmic exploration included the discovery of the positron in 1932 and the unravelling of high-energy cosmic radiation mysteries, leaving a lasting impact on space exploration.
Fun
Seymour Benzer, 1991 Wolf Prize laureate in medicine, developed some of the earliest methods for studying gene structure. Benzer’s first wife Dorothy was diagnosed with breast cancer. He worked with his second wife Carol; their research helped to understand cancer genetics.
Congratulations to Professors Botond Roska and José-Alain Sahel, The 2024 Wolf Prize Laureates in Medicine!
For more information-
@Sorbonne_Univ_
@PittTweet
Phyllis Lambert, the 2016 Wolf Prize Laureate in 1959, during her studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology. As a designer, planner, artist, writer, photographer, curator, museum director, patron, and philanthropist, she champions professional rigor, aesthetic elegance,
Dr. Ricardo Wolf was one of 14 children born to Moritz Wolf, a pillar of that city’s Jewish community. Wolf senior instilled in his children great respect for education and high moral and ethical values - a legacy, internalised and applied by Ricardo Wolf throughout his long
An inspiring teacher is one of the most important things in the journey of a successful scientist. In this beautiful closure- a student and his incredible teacher both were awarded the Wolf prize. Charles Fefferman, the 2017 Wolf Prize Laureate in Mathematics, talks about his
IT’S OFFICIAL!
We are excited to announce the 2023 laureate announcement
February 7th, 2023 at 17:00 PM
LIVE on our Facebook and Youtube pages.
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#wolfprize2023
#countdown
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Elliot Meyerowitz is awarded the Wolf Prize for having made many outstanding and seminal contributions to the field of genetics and our understanding of the molecular basis of plant growth and development. He solved the century-old mystery of how plants create specific leaf and
Congratulations to Professor Joan Steitz
@SteitzLab
from
@Yale
University. The laureate of the
#WolfPrize2021
in Medicine for her work in the field of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and groundbreaking discoveries on RNA processing and its function
Jeffery Kelly, Wolf Prize 2023 laureate in chemistry “for pioneering discoveries that illuminate the pathological dysfunctions of RNA and proteins and for creating strategies to harness the capabilities of these biopolymers in new ways to ameliorate human diseases.”
We would like to congratulate the laureate of the
#WolfPrize2021
in chemistry, Professor Leslie Leiserowitz, for establishing fundamental reciprocal influences of three-dimensional molecular structures upon structures of organic crystals.
#Spotlight
––
@CarolynBertozzi
#WolfPrize
laureate in Chemistry is an American chemical biologist from
@Stanford
and the
@HHMINEWS
known for developing innovative technologies that have opened new avenues for biological discovery and therapeutic development.
Adam Fischer is a musical leader beloved around the world, whose aspirations serve as an inspiration to us all. Dynamic initiative and diversity characterise the creative work of the world-renowned conductor.
With an extremely wide repertoire of German and Italian opera, Fischer
congratulate Prof. Adrian Krainer from
@CSHL
as we announce him as the laureate of the
#WolfPrize
2021 in Medicine for his work in biochemistry and molecular genetics and his fundamental mechanistic discoveries on RNA splicing
Prof. Hiroaki Suga, 2023 Wolf prize laureate in Chemistry:
“I am excited and honored to receive this prestigious international award. This honor makes me want to thank all my colleagues who contributed to the research and produced amazing data in collaboration.”
@UTokyo_News_en
Wolf prize 1979 laureate in mathematics, Prof. André Weil (1906-1998) was a French mathematician.
He is one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century and his contributions to a wide range of mathematical fields!
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Want to get to know our 2022
#WolfPrize
laureates better? Introducing the “Spotlight Series”–– a closer look into the lives of all 11 of our 2022 laureates. Stick around to meet all of them.