Tuesday, 20th June 2006 (2436 views)

Stanford University genetics professor Leonard Herzenberg will be among those receiving a gold medals and nearly half a million dollars at the 2006 Kyoto Prizes.

The prizes, Japan's answer to the Nobel Prize, are presented to those who have made an important contribution to advanced technology, basic sciences, or arts and philosophy. Winners receive around $446,000, along with a 20-carat gold medal.

Professor Herzenberg, a 74-year-old genetics expert, won the award in the advanced technology bracket for his work on the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) in the 1960s.

The FACS, which could use protein fingerprints to identify cells, paved the way for stem cell research and contributed to disease treatment.

Other Kyoto Prize winners this year include mathematician Hirotugu Akaike and designer Issey Miyake.

The awards will be presented to the winners during a week of ceremonies that will begin on November 10th.

 

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