Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money.
Le Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences ou BPLS, parfois traduit en « prix des avancées capitales dans les sciences de la vie » [1], est un prix de médecine remis depuis 2013.Il récompense des chercheurs dont les travaux ont permis d'accroître l'espérance de vie humaine. Winners of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced.
Nasmyth is winning a life sciences award for figuring out how 6.5 feet of DNA can pack itself into each cell without getting tied up in knots.
Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences (up to four per year), Fundamental Physics (one per year) and Mathematics (one per year). “The winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Science show us all how it’s done,” Cori Bargmann, chair of the selection committee and a former prize winner, says in a statement. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its sponsors - Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Yuri and Julia Milner and Anne Wojcicki - announced today the recipients of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize, awarding a … About the Breakthrough Prize In its eighth year, and renowned as the "Oscars of Science," the Breakthrough Prize will recognize the world's top scientists. 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Jeffrey M. Friedman, F. Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich, David Julius, Virginia Man-Yee Lee . Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences; The Breakthrough Prize was founded by Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Yuri Milner, Julia Milner, Jack Ma, and Pony Ma. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that’s online and open to the public.