2026 Shaw Prize Exhibition opens at Hong Kong Science Museum
The Hong Kong Science Museum has opened the 2026 Shaw Prize Exhibition, showcasing the achievements of this year's laureates in life science, astronomy and mathematics. A new computer science prize will be awarded from 2027.
The Hong Kong Science Museum has opened the “2026 Shaw Prize Exhibition”, displaying the scientific achievements of this year's laureates. The exhibition is jointly organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Shaw Prize Foundation, with planning support from the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Education Bureau and Hong Kong Education City.
The Shaw Prize is a major international science award, currently comprising three categories: Life Science and Medicine, Astronomy, and Mathematical Sciences. From 2027, a new Computer Science prize will be awarded for the first time.
This year's Life Science and Medicine prize is shared by three scholars: Professor Anne Dejean, Emeritus Professor at the Pasteur Institute in France; Professor Hugues de Thé, Chair of Cellular and Molecular Oncology at the Collège de France; and Professor Chen Zhu of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ruijin Hospital in China. They were recognised for discovering the molecular and cellular basis of acute promyelocytic leukaemia and developing a targeted combination therapy.
The Astronomy prize is shared by two scholars: Professor Ken'ichi Nomoto, Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and Visiting Senior Scientist at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe in Japan; and Professor Stanford Woosley, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. They were honoured for their research on stellar explosions and the origin of elements.
The Mathematical Sciences prize is shared by two scholars: Professor Emmanuel Candès, the Barnum-Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics at Stanford University in the United States; and Professor Camillo De Lellis, the IBM von Neumann Professor at the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, United States. They were recognised for breakthrough contributions in applying deep mathematical analysis to important practical problems.
Details of the exhibition and related activities are available at hk.science.museum/tc/web/scm/exhibition/shawprize.html.
