Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Nathans: 2024 WLA Prize Laureate in Life Science or Medicine!

Huge congratulations to our very own Dr. Jeremy Nathans who is the 2024 World Laureates Association Prize Leaureate in Life Science or Medicine! Dr. Nathans’ won for discovering the genes, regulation and plasticity underlying human color vision and elucidating disease mechanisms that lead to blindness.

The World Laureates Association Prize (WLA Prize) is an international science prize established in Shanghai, in 2021, initiated by the World Laureates Association (WLA), managed by the WLA Foundation, and exclusively funded by HongShan.

The WLA Prize aims to recognize and support eminent researchers and technologists worldwide for their contributions to science. It is intended to support global science and technology advancement, address the challenges to humanity, and promote society’s long-term progress.

Each year, the WLA Prize is awarded in two categories: the “WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics” and the “WLA Prize in Life Science or Medicine.” The total award for each Prize, which may be divided among up to four laureates, is RMB 10 million.