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We would like to congratulate Joachim Messing, Faculty Member in Genomics & Genetics, on being awarded the 2013 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his contributions to the field of genetic engineering. His work at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, of which he is Director, Rutgers University, New Jersey, has earned him this accolade “for innovations in recombinant DNA cloning that revolutionized agriculture and deciphering the genetic codes of crop plants”. The award is considered to be of the same honor as the Nobel Prize, as there is no Nobel Prize awarded for this area of science.

The Wolf Foundation is based in Israel and annually honors five different disciplines: four in the sciences and one in the arts. This year, prizes were awarded in chemistry, mathematics, physics, agriculture and architecture. There will be an official ceremony, held in May this year, in which the President of Israel will present all of this year’s recipients with their prizes.

For more information, please see Rutgers’ press release and the Wolf Foundation’s announcement.