Roeland Nusse accepts a Breakthrough Prize.TWITTER, STANFORD MEDICINEStephen Elledge of Harvard Medical School, the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Harry Noller, Roeland Nusse of Stanford University, Yoshinori Ohsumi of Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Huda Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine have won 2017 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences. Each award, given yesterday (December 4) during a televised ceremony held in California, is worth $3 million.
Elledge is honored for his pioneering work on DNA-damage response. In 2015, he won a Lasker Award for basic medical research in recognition of his achievements in the field. “I’m truly honored to receive the Breakthrough Prize,” Elledge said in a statement. “It is deeply gratifying to see the profound impact that basic research can have not only in promoting scientific knowledge but also in improving human health.”
Noller is recognized “for discovering the centrality of RNA in forming the active centers of the ribosome,” according to the Breakthrough Prize announcement. Nusse is honored for his work on Wnt signaling. “This is a complete surprise,” Nusse said in a press release. “My gratitude goes out to many people — my past and present postdoctoral scholars ...
