The award was presented at Bern, Switzerland, to Jacques Fellay, in recognition of his contribution to the study of the human genome, on January 10, 2013. Jacques Fellay is a member of the Global Health Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
The prize, a sum of 100,000 Swiss francs, is presented annually by the Swiss National Science Foundation, based in Bern, on behalf of the Fondation Latsis Internationale, based in Geneva, to researchers of up to 40 years of age in recognition of their special contribution to science in Switzerland.
For more information on this year's award, see here.
