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SHANGHAI, Nov. 9, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

The fifth World Laureates Forum, or WLA Forum, successfully held in Shanghai,

featuring 60 top scientists worldwide, including 27 Nobel Prize laureates.

On the annual theme of the forum, "Science Forward: Create a Bright Future",

Roger Kornberg, Chairman of the World Laureates Association (WLA) and laureate

of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2006, explained that the world is changing

fast, and science can help us deal with the challenges in the future. Before

its official opening, various meetings and events, including WLA Zero Carbon

Forum, WLA SHE Forum, the WLA Sci-T Conference, and the newly-launched WLA

Laboratories Forum, have been held since 29 October. (Follow WLA Forum at

Twitter & Facebook @wlaforum)

Notably, the inaugural World Laureates Association Prize (WLA Prize) was

awarded to two scientists at the opening ceremony on 6 November. The 2022 WLA

Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics was awarded to Michael I. Jordan,

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences &

Department of Statistics, UC Berkeley, for his fundamental contributions to the

foundations of machine learning and its application. And the 2022 WLA Prize in

Life Science or Medicine was awarded to German biochemist Dirk Gorlich,

Scientific member and Director, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary

Sciences, for his key discoveries elucidating the mechanism and selectivity of

protein transport between the cytoplasm and nucleus.

Michael I. Jordan, 2022 WLA Prize Laureate in Computer Science or Mathematics -

"We have a tradition at Berkeley that when someone gets a prize, on the email,

there's a congratulation from everybody going around all day long. So it's very

nice you get 100 emails of congratulations."

Dirk Gorlich, 2022 WLA Prize Laureate in Life Science or Medicine - "I felt

surprised and very happy. I felt extremely honored. I should also say one

should not do science just in waiting for an award. Science itself is very

rewarding. It's a great privilege to do science."

The monetary award for each prize is 10 million yuan ($1.39 million). More

information about the nomination of the WLA Prize in 2023 will be announced at

the official website www.wlaprize.org.

For more information, please contact: dongbo@wlaforum.com.cn

Source: World Laureates Association (WLA)

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   Caption: Two WLA Prize Laureates received medals at Inaugural WLA Prize Award Ceremony

of the 5th World Laureates Forum on 6 November.