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Ten scientists, one artist named as 2011 Wolf Foundation laureates

Israel Materials 16 February 2011 17:57 (UTC +04:00)
Ten scientists and an artist are to be awarded the 2011 Wolf Foundation prize, the Israeli government said Wednesday
Ten scientists, one artist named as 2011 Wolf Foundation laureates

Ten scientists and an artist are to be awarded the 2011 Wolf Foundation prize, the Israeli government said Wednesday, DPA reported.

Shinya Yamanaka of Japan's Kyoto University and Rudolf Jaenisch of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were named as winners in the medicine category.

Stuart Alan Rice of the University of Chicago, Ching Tang of the University of Rochester and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon University share the chemistry prize.

The prize for agriculture goes to Harris A. Lewin of the University of Illinois and R. James Cook of Washington State University.

Three professors working at universities in Germany are to share the physics prize, while Rosemary Trockel of Colone, Germany, wins the arts prize.

The prizes, worth 100,000 dollars, are to be awarded at a ceremony in Israel's parliament on May 29.

The Wolf Foundation, a private not-for-profit organization, awards annual prizes in four scientific fields, in rotation, and one prize in the arts. This is awarded alternately for architecture, music, painting or sculpture.

Some 262 scientists and artists from 23 countries have won awards since it was set up in 1975 by Ricardo Wolf, a German-born inventor, diplomat and former Cuban ambassador to Israel.

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