In 2020, the Marcel Benoist Swiss Science Prize, often referred to as the Swiss Nobel Prize, has gone to Rudolf Aebersold (ETH Zurich/University of Zurich) for his pioneering work in the field of systems biology. The National Latsis Prize, awarded to young researchers under the age of 40, has gone to Maryna Viazovska (EPF Lausanne) for her ground-breaking mathematical problem solving.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony for the 2020 Swiss Science Prizes, which was planned for November 4 in Bern City Hall, had to be cancelled and postponed to 2021.