Daiwa Adrian Prize - Daiwa Adrian Prizes 2010

Daiwa Adrian Prizes 2010

The ceremony was held at a the Royal Society on 2 December 2010 and was attended by Trustees of the Foundation including the Chairman, Sir John Whitehead, and Sir Peter Williams, who is also Vice President of the Royal Society. The Prizes were presented by Lord Adrian's wife Lady Adrian.

• Nonlinear dynamics of cortical neurons and gamma oscillations - from cell to network models. Advancement of knowledge of the basic operation of brain networks, contributing to understanding of disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy.
  • University of Cambridge/Harvard University/Karolinska Institutet: Hugh Robinson, Nathan Gouwens, Hugo Zeberg, Rita Kalra
  • University of Tokyo/Osaka University: Kazuyuki Aihara, Kenji Morita, Kunichika Tsumoto, Takashi Tateno, Kantaro Fujiwara

• The evolutionary and spatial dynamics of human viral pathogens. Investigation of the spread of human viruses, particularly HIV and Hepatitis C, why outbreaks begin at certain times and in certain locations, and why virus strains follow particular routes when they disseminate internationally.
  • University of Oxford: Oliver Pybus, Samir Bhatt, Peter Markov, Joe Parker, Aris Katzourakis
  • National Institute of Infectious Diseases: Yutaka Takebe, Yue Li, Shigeru Kusagawa, Kok Keng Tee, Takayo Tsuchiura

• Photonic quantum information science and technology. Development of new technologies based on harnessing quantum mechanics – the fundamental physics theory governing behaviour at the microscopic scale.
  • University of Bristol: Jeremy O'Brien
  • Hokkaido University/Osaka University: Shigeki Takeuchi

• Non-linear cosmological perturbations. Providing theoretical predictions from the very early universe physics for the statistical properties of primordial curvature perturbations.
  • University of Portsmouth: David Wands, Marco Bruni, Robert Crittenden, Kazuya Koyama, Roy Maartens, Cyril Pitrou
  • Kyoto University: Misao Sasaki, Tetsuya Shiromizu, Jiro Soda, Takahiro Tanaka

• Use of genomics to understand plant-pathogen interactions. Understanding plant pathogen interactions to enhance knowledge on plant disease control.
  • The Sainsbury Laboratory: Sophien Kamoun, Joe Win, Liliana M. Cano, Angela Chaparro-Garcia, Tolga O. Bozkurt, Sebastian Schornack
  • Iwate Biotechnology Research Center: Ryohei Terauchi, Kentaro Yoshida, Hiromasa Saitoh, Koki Fujisaki, Ayako Miya, Muluneh Tamiru

• Phase space analysis of partial differential equations. Analysis of a range of properties exhibited by solutions to evolution partial differential equations which are of major importance in many different sciences.
  • Imperial College London: Michael Ruzhansky, Jens Wirth, Claudia Garetto, Ilia Kamotski
  • Nagoya University/Tokai University/Yamaguchi University/Osaka University: Mitsuru Sugimoto, Tokio Matsuyama, Fumihiko Hirosawa