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Harvey Prize Predicts Two Nobel Prizes Awarded December 10<\/b>th<\/b>, 2018<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. James P. Allison and Dr. Arthur Ashkin joined the community of Harvey Prize Winners who went on to receive the Nobel Prize <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Technion Harvey Prize winners, Prof. James P. Allison, and Dr. Arthur Ashkin proudly represented the Technion as they received the 2018 Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Physics respectively. Since 1986, 16 Harvey Prize Laureates (26%) of the total number have proceeded to win the Nobel Prize, thereby designating the Harvey Prize a ‘Nobel Predictor’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prof. James P. Allison receives the Harvey Prize from Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Harvey Prize, first awarded by Technion in 1972, was established by the Leo Harvey Foundation recognizing men and women who have significantly contributed to the advancement of humankind in the fields of science and technology, health, and promoting peace in the Middle East. The recipients each receive $75,000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Arthur Ashkin, 96, received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He won the Harvey Prize in 2004 for his research in generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses and for the invention of “optical tweezers” and their application to biological systems, at Bell Laboratories. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. James P. Allison, 70, received the Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. He received the Harvey Prize in 2014 for developing a new paradigm in the treatment of cancer. Prof. Allison’s research led to the development of FDA approved Yervoy (ipilimumab), for the treatment of late-stage, metastatic melanoma. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Prize Winners who went on to receive the Nobel Prize<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Ada E. Yonath, Harvey Prize 2002, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009<\/b><\/p>\n

In recognition for her pioneering crystallographic studies on the ribosome, initiated more than a decade before other scientists were ready to tackle such a bold venture<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Arthur Ashkin receives the Harvey Prize from Prof. Moshe Moshe, Technion’s Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prof. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Harvey Prize 1999, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2009 <\/b><\/p>\n

In recognition of her pioneering discoveries and leadership in the rapidly evolving field of research on telomeres, the ends of chromosomes<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Rainer Weiss, and Prof. Kip Stephen Thorne, Harvey Prize 2016, Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 <\/b><\/p>\n

For the first direct detection of gravitational waves, confirming a central prediction of Einstein\u2019s General Relativity<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Bert Sakmann, Harvey Prize1991, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1991<\/b><\/p>\n

In recognition of his breakthrough achievements in developing the patch clamp technique which revolutionized modern electrophysiology<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Pierre-Gille de Gennes, Harvey Prize 1998, Nobel Prize in Physics 1991<\/b><\/p>\n

In recognition of his contributions to condensed matter physics<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof. Shuji Nakamura, Harvey Prize 2009, Nobel Prize in Physics 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

In recognition of his seminal contribution to nitride containing white light LEDs which revolutionize energy efficient lighting system.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the Complete list of Harvey Prize Winners, some of whom are also Nobel Prize Winners \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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