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Written by: Xu Shihao
2020-12-11 12:53
Last update date: 2020-12-11 12:53
The British scientist Michael Houghton, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine, and Jennifer Doudna, the American scientist and the winner of the Chemistry Prize, are all professors donated by the Li Ka Shing Foundation.
The Li Ka-shing Foundation stated on social networking sites today (11th) that after receiving copies of the Nobel medals, the two Nobel Prize winners unanimously presented the medals to Li Ka-shing, the founder of CKH Holdings Group, and at a congratulatory ceremony held by Zoom, Show it to Li Ka-shing.
Can support and participate in the research
Li Ka-shing said that he has always believed in fate and luck, which is the interaction between the number of days and the choice; and science will reshape the destiny of mankind: "The extraordinary team led by the extraordinary team will achieve immortal achievements, which will benefit the generations. Thank you very much. Presenting the Nobel Medal, let me share your joy. Who would have thought that a person who has gone through the war of poverty and disease can participate in and support your efforts on the path of research. This is an honor for me.”
He also said: "I will never forget the encouragement you give me; the question that keeps turning in my heart every day is how to support male and female scientists in advancing beautiful work. This is our foundation's unchanging commitment in a changing society. At the end of the article, I shared a "tip", saying that every Nobel Prize winner will receive three additional copies of medals as a souvenir. I believe the two of them gave one of the copy medals to "Brother Cheng".
The Li Ka-shing Foundation also mentioned that Professor Michael Houghton, the winner of the medical award, choked up during the congratulatory ceremony, all because of the two other scientists of the Hepatitis C research team led by the Li Ka-shing Foundation, who are Chinese virologists from Singapore and Taiwan. Professor Zhu Guilin and Professor Guo Jinhong gave the Nobel Prize of 380,000 US dollars equivalent to Professor Michael Houghton to show their support.
"Today's leadership can no longer be self-centered"
According to the article, Li Ka-shing not only admires Professor Michael Houghton for his active involvement in scientific research, but also for his efforts to let the world know and recognize the contributions of his colleagues in the team. He believes that his selfless instinct is the most commendable, because today's leaders can no longer take themselves as their own. Center, this is the biggest limitation to creating great achievements.
The Li Ka-shing Foundation gave the Nobel Prize equivalent of US$380,000 to two other scientists in the team.
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The article pointed out that as early as October 19, Li Ka-shing saw an article titled "Discovering the Unsung Heroes Behind the Nobel Prize Winners of Hepatitis C" in the Journal of Natural Science. It mentioned that the team of scientists led by Professor Michael Houghton, Two other Chinese virologists worked silently, but were not awarded the Nobel Prize.
Professor Michael Houghton was actually a bit lost when he accepted the Nobel Prize. He could not change the long-term Nobel rule that limited the number of winners to three. However, he listed the names of other scientists who made contributions in one go. "These talented people deserve recognition. "
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