Grande Médaille

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The Grande Médaille of the French Academy of Sciences, established in 1997, is awarded annually to a researcher who has contributed decisively to the development of science. It is the most prestigious of the Academy's awards, and is awarded in a different field each year. Its creation results from the combination of the original French Academy of Sciences Lalande Prize of 1802 with the Benjamin Valz Foundation Prize in 1970 and then with another 122 foundation prizes in 1997.

Winners

2016 - Alexander Varshavsky, biochemistry

2014 - Joel Lebowitz, physics and mathematics

2013 - Joan A. Steitz, biochemistry

2012 - Adi Shamir, cryptography

2011 - Avelino Corma Canos, chemistry

2010 - Michael Atiyah, mathematics

2009 - Robert Weinberg, cancer research

2008 - Susan Solomon, atmospheric chemistry

2007 - Tomas Hökfelt, who studied neurotransmitters, and discovered their role in depression

2006 - Peter Goldreich, theoretical astrophysicist and planetary scientist

2005 - Ronald M. Evans, studied hormone receptors and the control of gene expression

2004 - David Gross, one of the founders of quantum chromodynamics and the standard model

2003 - David D. Sabatini, early inventor of electron microscopy techniques for cellular biology, discoverer of signalling peptides

2002 - Richard Garwin, discovered parity violation in pion decay

2001 - Albert Eschenmoser, organic chemistry

2000 - Robert Langlands, mathematics

1999 - Rene Thomas, molecular biology

1998 - Leo Kadanoff, physics

1997 - Jozef Schell, molecular biology of plants

References

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