The winners of the 2023 Wolf Prize were announced this week. The eight recipients who were named 2023 Laureates of the Wolf Prize for Science and Art come from five different countries. Three of the laureates are from the United States. 

• Israel's Wolf Prize has been awarded since 1978 and is considered one of the world’s most prestigious wards for scientific and artistic achievements.
• The winners will be recognized at an award ceremony in June held at the Knesset. The prize in each field carries a monetary award of $100,000.
• The awards are presented in six fields namely arts, physics, agriculture, mathematics, chemistry, and medicine. The Arts Wolf Prize rotates between music, painting, architecture, and sculpture.

The Wolf Prize in Medicine for 2023 is awarded to:

Prof. Daniel Drucker, University of Toronto, Canada

“For his pioneering work in elucidating the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of enteroendocrine hormones.”

The Wolf Prize in Agriculture for 2023 is awarded to:

Prof. Martinus Th. “Rien” van Genuchten, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

“For his groundbreaking work in understanding water flow and predicting contaminant transport in soils.”

The Wolf Prize in Chemistry for 2023 is awarded Jointly to:

Professors He, Kelly, and Suga received the Wolf prize “for pioneering discoveries that illuminate the functions and pathological dysfunctions of RNA and proteins and for creating strategies to harness the capabilities of these biopolymers in new ways to ameliorate human diseases”.

Chuan He, The University of Chicago, USA

“For discovering reversible RNA methylation and its role in the regulation of gene expression.”

Hiroaki Suga, The University of Tokyo, Japan

“For developing RNA-based catalysts that revolutionized the discovery of bioactive peptides”.

Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, USA

“For developing a clinical strategy to ameliorate pathological protein aggregation”.

The Wolf Prize in Mathematics for 2023 is awarded to:

Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University, USA

“For her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.”

The Wolf Prize in the Arts for 2023 is awarded Jointly to:

Fujiko Nakaya, Japan

Richard Long, England

“For redefining the possibilities of art-making and transforming the parameters of visual art”.