HEINEKEN Holding NV: Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has announced the
names of the six recipients of the 2012 Heineken Prizes.
Every other year, five world-renowned researchers receive a prize of USD
150,000 each for their outstanding work in their field. A sixth prize of EUR
50,000 is awarded to an artist who lives and works in the Netherlands.
The winners of the 2012 Heineken Prizes were chosen by independent juries
appointed by the Royal Academy. The prizes were funded by the Dr. H.P. Heineken
Foundation and the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.
The laureates
Titia de Lange, professor at Rockefeller University in New York (United States).
Prof. De Lange is receiving the Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and
Biophysics for her research on telomeres, the protective DNA sequences located
at the tips of chromosomes, which play an important role in such processes as
ageing and cancer.
Hans Clevers, director of the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht (Netherlands).
Prof. Clevers is receiving the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine for his
unique understanding of how tissue growth is regulated, both in normal
development and in cancer.
William Laurance, professor at James Cook University in Townsville (Australia).
Prof. Laurance is receiving the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental
Sciences for his research on the effects of habitat fragmentation,
deforestation, hunting and fire on the vulnerable Amazon region. He also plays a
major role as a science communicator in the public debate on the preservation of
the South American rainforest.
Geoffrey Parker, professor at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio (United
States).
Prof. Parker is receiving the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History for his
outstanding scholarship on the social, political and military history of Europe
between 1500 and 1650, in particular Spain, Philip II, and the Dutch Revolt; for
his contribution to military history in general; and for his research on the
role of climate in world history.
John Duncan, assistant director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in
Cambridge (United Kingdom).
Prof. Duncan is receiving the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science for
his remarkable innovative, multidisciplinary research into the relationships
between psychology, behaviour and intelligence on the one hand and neural
processes on the other. His concepts have become a cornerstone of cognitive
neuroscience.
Peter Struycken, artist in Gorinchem (Netherlands).
Struycken is receiving the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Art for the methodical
way in which he has used shapes, colours and processes in his innovative and
appealing works of art for the past fifty years. Familiar examples are his
arcade lighting for the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, his
undulating Blue Waves pavement in Arnhem, and his design for a postage stamp
bearing a portrait of Dutch Queen Beatrix constructed of shifted dots.
Presentation
The 2012 Heineken Prizes will be presented on Thursday 27 September 2012 during
an extraordinary meeting of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
at the Beurs van Berlage Building in Amsterdam.
For more information about the Heineken Prizes, please visit
http://www.knaw.nl/heinekenprizes.
Contact information
Helena van Oers (KNAW, Amsterdam)
Communications Department
Tel +31 20 551 0863
E-mailhelena.van.oers(at)bureau.knaw.nl
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