Health and welfare
Health
Role of TGFbeta signalling in cardiovascular development and heart repair
Arts and humanities
Languages
Linguistics, Phonetics, intonation
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics, Health and welfare
Biological and related sciences, Health
Gene delivery technologies and retinal gene therapy
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Biological and related sciences
Molecular Biochemistry
Her recent contributions to neuroscience and her status as an inspiring role model landed her the award
The developmental geneticist is recognised for her research on germ cells and her mentoring of young female scientists
The prizes were given for the development of mini-brains and the investigation of the biological bases of language, respectively.
The biologist is recognised for her work on cerebral organoids or ‘mini-brains’, grown from human pluripotent stem cells and used to model human brain development.
The developmental cell biologist receives the honour for her ground-breaking work on reproductive cells.