2024-11-13 Shaw Prize HaiPress
HONG KONG,Nov. 13,2024 -- The Shaw Prize presented its awards to five Shaw Laureates today at the 2024 Award Presentation Ceremony,held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Approximately 600 guests from various sectors participated in the event.
(From left to right) Professor Scott D Emr,Professor Stuart Orkin,Dr Swee Lay Thein,the Hon John KC Lee (Chief Executive of the HKSAR),Dr Raymond Chan (Chair of The Shaw Prize Foundation),Professor Shrinivas R Kulkarni and Professor Peter Sarnak,at the 2024 Shaw Prize Award Presentation Ceremony.
In his opening remarks,Professor Kenneth Young,Chair of The Shaw Prize Council,reflected on the legacy of the late Mr Run Run Shaw,founder of the Shaw Prize,and Mrs Mona Shaw. As the Shaw Prize enters its third decade,said Professor Young,new activities will be launched to engage local young science enthusiasts,hoping to nurture a new generation of scientists.
The 2024 Shaw Laureates,Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni,and Professor Peter Sarnak,were then presented with their awards by Professor Reinhard Genzel,Chair of the Board of Adjudicators.
During his acceptance speech,Shaw Laureate in Astronomy,Professor Kulkarni thanked the Caltech Optical Observatories and the key members of the Zwicky Transient Facility,the project that was recognised by the Shaw Prize. He also expressed gratitude to his students,postdoctoral fellows and senior colleagues who helped exploit the data,resulting in an explosion of discoveries and papers.
Dr Thein and Professor Orkin,recognised for their discovery of the genetics and molecular mechanisms underlying sickle cell anaemia and β thalassaemia,emphasised that although significant strides have been madein gene-editing therapies forthese blood disorders,they remained largely out of reachfor many of the affected individuals. They expressed hope for treatments that wouldbe universally accessibleto all patients.
Professor Sarnak,who onceserved on the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences Selection Committee,commended the Prize for its support foracademic and scientific research. The work cited by the Shaw Prize,he recalled,was born at a conference in Hangzhou in 2005. Professor Sarnak was recognised for his development of the arithmetic theory of thin groups and the affine sieve.
During the ceremony,Professor Scott D Emr,Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine 2021,was also presented with his gold medal. He received the certificate in his home country back in 2021. Each Shaw Prize also carries a monetary award of US$1.2 million.
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