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Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Clifford P. Brangwynne
Princeton University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Marine Biological Laboratory
Anthony A. Hyman
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
For discovering a fundamental mechanism of cellular organization mediated by phase separation of proteins and RNA into membraneless liquid droplets.
02
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
The Muon g-2 Collaborations at CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Fermilab
For multi-decade, groundbreaking contributions to the measurement of the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment, pushing the boundaries of experimental precision and igniting a new era in the quest for physics beyond the Standard Model.
03
2026 Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize
Carolina Figueiredo
Princeton University
For contributions to the geometric structure of scattering amplitudes, revealing hidden relations among quantum field theories.
04
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Rosa Rademakers
VIB, University of Antwerp, and Mayo Clinic
Bryan Traynor
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
For the discovery of the most common genetic cause of ALS and frontotemporal dementia which charted the path for new mechanistic studies of these diseases.
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Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Stuart H. Orkin
Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Swee Lay Thein
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
For elucidating the mechanism driving the switch from fetal to adult hemoglobin and validating it as a therapeutic target for sickle-cell disease and beta-thalassemia.
06
2026 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
Frank Merle
CY Cergy Paris Université and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
For breakthroughs in nonlinear evolution equations, with regards to their stability, singularity formation, or resolution into solitons.
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2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
David J. Gross
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
For a lifetime of groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics, from the strong force to string theory, and for tireless advocacy for basic science worldwide.
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Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Jean Bennett
University of Pennsylvania
Katherine A. High
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Rockefeller University
Albert Maguire
University of Pennsylvania
For developing a therapy for inherited retinal degeneration that became the first FDA-approved gene therapy for a genetic disease.