Salk scientist Ronald M. Evans wins 2012 Wolf Prize in Medicine
Jan 18, 2012 - 5:00:00 AM
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The Wolf award honor comes on the heels of another distinguished benchmark in Evans list of achievements. In 2010, he was selected as a Rolf Sammet Guest Professor at Frankfurt University on behalf of the Aventis Foundation and an elite selection committee. In 2011, he enjoyed conducting his Rolf Sammet Guest Professorship, dedicated to teaching internationally outstanding scientists who make important research contributions in the life and natural science field.
By Salk Institute,
[RxPG] La Jolla- Salk Institute scientist Ronald Evans has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Wolf Prize in Medicine, Israel's highest award for achievements benefiting mankind. According to the Wolf Prize jury, Evans was selected for his discovery of the gene super-family encoding nuclear receptors and elucidating the mechanism of action of this class of receptors.
Evans, professor and head of the Salk Institute's Gene Expression Laboratory and the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology, is world renowned for his seminal research of nuclear hormone receptors, which has since led to more than a half-dozen drugs for cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Israel President Shimon Peres will present Evans with this award at a special ceremony at the Knesset, the House of Representatives for the State of Israel, in Jerusalem, on May 13, 2012.
The Wolf Prize is a great honor conferred on only the most excellent scientists and artists in the world, said Salk president William R. Brody. The Wolf Foundation award was developed to further their historical mission: philanthropy that supports working for the betterment of humanity. Ron's work embodies that vision.
Evans is only the second Salk scientist to be chosen for the distinguished prize. Five annual Wolf Prizes have been awarded since 1978 to outstanding scientists and artists for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples, irrespective of nationality, race, color, religion, sex, or political view. The prizes of $100,000 in each area are given every year in the scientific fields of Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics, as well as one prize in the Arts.
As part of an elite group of 2012 recipients, Ron will have the opportunity to share the stage with Placido Domingo, one of the world's preeminent tenors. To date, a total of 272 scientists and artists from 23 countries have been honored, and over one-third of all the Wolf Prize winners in medicine, physics and chemistry have went on to receive the Nobel Prize.
The Wolf award honor comes on the heels of another distinguished benchmark in Evans list of achievements. In 2010, he was selected as a Rolf Sammet Guest Professor at Frankfurt University on behalf of the Aventis Foundation and an elite selection committee. In 2011, he enjoyed conducting his Rolf Sammet Guest Professorship, dedicated to teaching internationally outstanding scientists who make important research contributions in the life and natural science field.
Throughout his career, Evans has received some of medical science's most prestigious awards and has published more than 250 papers, many of which are among the most cited in the world.
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