​The Hong Kong Science Museum is presenting "The Shaw Prize 2026 Exhibition" at the museum's main lobby on 1/F to introduce this year's Shaw Laureates and their outstanding contributions. The exhibition features multimedia and interactive panels to explain the underlying scientific concepts in an accessible way, guiding visitors to explore the research journeys of these leading scientists. The exhibition runs until January 6, 2027. Admission is free.

     ​The Shaw Prize is a prestigious international award in the scientific field which consists of three awards: the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, the Prize in Astronomy, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences. A new prize category in Computer Science will be awarded for the first time in 2027.

     The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine this year is awarded in equal shares to three scholars: Anne Dejean, Professor Emerita at the Institut Pasteur, France; Hugues de Thé, Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Oncology at the Collège de France; and Zhu Chen, Professor, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, for the discovery of the molecular and cellular bases of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and the pioneering of a synergistic targeted therapy.

     The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded in equal shares to two scholars: Ken'ichi Nomoto, Emeritus Professor and Visiting Senior Scientist of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, the University of Tokyo, Japan; and Stanford Woosley, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, the United States, for their studies of stellar explosions and the origin of the elements.

     The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2026 is awarded in equal shares to two scholars: Emmanuel Candès, the Barnum–Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics, Stanford University, the United States; and Camillo De Lellis, the IBM von Neumann Professor, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, the United States, for their breakthrough contributions to the use of deep techniques from mathematical analysis to understand applied problems.
     
     ​"The Shaw Prize 2026 Exhibition" is jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and The Shaw Prize Foundation and is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Education Bureau and Hong Kong Education City. For details of the exhibition and activities, please visit hk.science.museum/en/web/scm/exhibition/shawprize.html.

Ends/Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Issued at HKT 16:00

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