JAPAN PRIZE
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- FIELDS SELECTED FOR THE 2011 JAPAN PRIZE
- FIELDS SELECTED FOR THE 2010 JAPAN PRIZE
- 2010 (26th) JAPAN PRIZE Information
- Industrial production and production technology
- Biological production and environment
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Laureates
| Year | Field | Photo | Name(b.-d.) | Achievements |
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| [Nationality]Affiliation(Titles at the time) |
| 1989 (5th) |
Environmental Science and Technology |  |
Dr. Frank Sherwood Rowland (1927-) | Studies on the mechanisms of stratospheric ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons |
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| [USA]Profesor at University of California, Irvine | ||||
| Medicinal Science |  |
Dr. Elias James Corey (1925-) | Pioneering contributions to the syntheses of prostaglandins and their related compounds which are of great therapeutic value | |
| [USA]Professor at Harvard University |
| 1988 (4th) |
Energy Technology |  |
Dr. Georges Vendryes (1920-) | Establishment of fast breeder reactor technology |
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| [France]Scientific advisor to the president of the Commissariat I'Energie Atomique (CEA). | ||||
| Preventative Medicine |  |
Dr. Donald A. Henderson (1928-) | The eradication of smallpox (Joint Award) | |
| [USA]Dean, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health | ||||
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Dr. Isao Arita (1926-) | |||
| [Japan]Director, Kumamoto National Hospital | ||||
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Dr. Frank Fenner (1914-) | |||
| [Australia]Professor Emeritus, Visiting Fellow, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University | ||||
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Dr. Luc Montagnier (1932-) | Discovery of the AIDS causing virus and development of diagnostic methods (Joint Award) | ||
| [France]Chief, Department of Virus Tumours, Pasteur Institute | ||||
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Dr. Robert C. Gallo (1937-) | |||
| [USA]Chief, Laboratory of Tumour Cell Biology, National Institute of Health |
| 1987 (3rd) |
Electro-Optics |
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Dr. Theodore H. Maiman (1927-2007) | Realization of the world’s first laser |
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[USA]Former Chief of Research at Hughes Research Laboratories |
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| Improvement of Biological Functions |  |
Dr. Henry M. Beachell (1906-2006) | Development of the IR8 and IR36 strains for rice breeding strategies geared to the tropical and subtropical zones (Joint Award) | |
| [USA]Former head of the Plant Breeding Department at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Advisor to the Farms of Texas Company |
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Dr. Gurdev S. Khush (1935-) | |||
| [India]Head of the Plant Breeding Department at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) |
| 1986 (2nd) |
Materials Science and Technology |  |
Dr. David Turnbull (1915-2007) | Pioneering contributions to materials science with impact on new materials technology such as amorphous solids |
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| [USA]Professor at Harvard University | ||||
| Medical Technology |  |
Dr. Willem J. Kolff (1911-2009) | Research and development of artificial organs and their relevant technology | |
| [USA]Professor at the University of Utah. Head of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering |
| 1985 (1st) |
Information and Communications |  |
Dr. John R. Pierce (1910-2002) | Outstanding achievement in the field of electronics and communications technologies |
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| [USA]Professor Emeritus at Stanford University | ||||
| Biotechnology |  |
Dr. Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir (1916-2009) | Outstanding achievement in basic theory in the field of immobilized enzymes and their practical applications | |
| [Israel]Professor at Tel Aviv University and at Weiz-mann Institute of Science |