Meet Tomoko Ohta – Crafoord Prize Laureate 2015, at the Crafoord Days in Sweden
Welcome to book an interview with one of this years Crafoord Prize Laureates in Biosciences, geneticist Tomoko Ohta. Together with Richard Lewontin, with whom she shares the prize, she has provided science with a more accurate picture of genetic variation and natural selection.
The Crafoord Prize is an international scientific prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences annually according to a rotating scheme. The prize amount of SEK 6 million makes the Crafoord prize one of the world´s largest scientific prizes. This years prize was announced on 15 January, and the Laureates are Tomoko Ohta and Richard Lewontin.
Professor Richard Lewontin will not attend the Crafoord Days 2015 in person.
Crafoord Days 2015 in Stockholm, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Crafoord Prize Symposium Genetic variation in natural populations
5 May 9 am–5 pm, pre-registration is required
Lectures by invited speakers in honour of the Crafoord Prize Laureates 2015.
Professor Tomoko Ohta and leading scientists like Fred Allendorf, University of Montana, USA, Lindell Bromham, Australian National University, Australia and Deborah Charlesworth, UK. Tanja Slotte and Jochen Wolf from Stockholm University represent the younger Swedish generation scientist.
The symposium will be webcasted live at http://kva.se and http://crafoordprize.se, and will be available as video on demand at http://kvatv.se and http://crafoordprize.se
Detailed programme and registration online at http://kva.se/events.
6 May 4:20 pm–5:15 pm, pre-registration is required
Crafoord Prize Award Ceremony
H.M. the King of Sweden awards the 2015 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
Registration online at http://kva.se/events
Crafoord Day 2015 in Lund, Ekologihuset, Lunds universitet
7 May 3.30 pm –5.40 pm, no pre-registration is required
Crafoord Prize Lecture 2015 (open lecture by the Laureate)
The Laureate will give a popular science presentation of her discoveries.
The lecture will be recorded and available as video on demand at http://kvatv.se and www.crafoordprize.se
Welcome!
Prize amount: SEK 6 million.
Prize award ceremony 6 May: The Prize is awarded by H.M. the King of Sweden (see above).
More information on the Crafoord Prize: http://kva.se/crafoordprize
Detailed programme about the Crafoord Days 2015: http://crafoordprize.se and http://kva.se/en
For further questions, or to book an interview, please contact:
Jessica Balksjö Nannini, press officer, +46 70 673 96 50, jessica.balksjo@kva.se
Press release and a video presentation are available at:
www.kva.se/en/pressroom/2015/the-crafoord-prize-in-biosciences-2015/
Jessica Balksjö Nannini, Press Officer, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, jessica.balksjo@kva.se, 46 8 673 95 44, 46 70 673 96 50
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