Recipients
The award committee accepts approximately 10 recipients per year, and the prize is given over a three years period according to the following categories:
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Dr. Tal Idan
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. AIX Marseille University, Marseille, FranceTel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Israel2022Sponge diseases under climate change: a multi-omics approach to the holobiont’s molecular functions -
Dr. Angelica Elkan
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. University of Houston, Texas, USAWeizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel2021Developing organic synthetic photonic systems simulating the biogenic photonic systems of vision in marine animals -
Dr. Aldema Sas-Chen
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel – University of Cambridge, UKThe role of non-coding RNA in regulation of signal transduction networks and cancer progression2018Systematic mapping and functional characterization of RNA modifications in human and yeast -
Dr. Michal Haskel-Ittah
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel – Rutgers University,NJ USADetermination of the dorsoventral axis in the early drosophila embryo2017Characterizing high school students' ability to interrelate three conceptual models in genetics -
Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel – University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor, MI, USAStructural characterization of aminoglycosides’ mechanisms of action, structure-based drug design of novel therapeutic molecules for genetic disorders, and anti-microbial applications.2016Structural characterizations of eukaryotic parasites' ribosomes