(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 3 - The Feltrinelli International Prize
for Medicine 2023 has been awarded by the Accademia dei Lincei
to Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin, the creators of the mRna
vaccines, such as those used in the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Italian academy announced. The two researchers are also
co-founders of the biopharmaceutical firm BioNTech. For Physics,
the International Feltrinelli Prize goes to Ioannis (John)
Iliopoulos, for proposing the existence of a new type of quark
with Sheldon Glashow and Luciano Maiani.
Among the young winners is robotics expert Calogero Oddo,
inventor of the first robotic hand with a sense of touch.
The awards ceremony is slated for 23 June in Rome, at the
Accademia dei Lincei, during the ceremony closing the academic
year 2022- 2023.
The two international prizes, each worth 100,000 euros, are
joined by the young prizes, each worth 50,000 euros: the
Bioengineering Prize goes to Oddo, of the Scuola Superiore
Sant'Anna in Pisa; the Environmental Chemistry award to Raffaele
Cucciniello of the University of Salerno; and the award for
Epidemiology to Michele Carugno of the University of Milan.
As it has every year since 1950, the Accademia dei Lincei gives
prizes dedicated to the entrepreneur Antonio Feltrinelli to
those who distinguish themselves in the arts, sciences and
letters.
Over the years, among the recipients in physical, mathematical
and natural sciences have been Albert Sabin, Luigi Cavalli
Sforza and Rita Levi Montalcini. (ANSA).
Inventors of mRna vaccines get 2023 Feltrinelli Prize
To be awarded at Accademia dei Lincei on 23 June