"Nature" announced the 2022 Top Ten Figures (Nature's 10) list this week. The list aims to select ten figures who have a place in the major scientific events of the year. Richard Monasterski, editor-in-chief of Nature's features department, said: "In a year of crisis and brilliant discovery, the ten figures range from the astronomers who helped us probe the universe's most distant existences to the new crown jewels. The researchers who played a pivotal role in the epidemic and the monkeypox epidemic, and the surgeons who pushed the boundaries of organ transplantation."
"Nature" selected several figures who have made outstanding contributions to global public health issues. The new crown epidemic has entered its third year, and Cao Yunlong, a genomics researcher at Peking University, has helped track the evolution of the new crown virus and predicted some mutations that lead to new variants (see the paper "Omicron Accelerated Mutation: More Symptoms") The difference is more important is the increased likelihood of multiple infections" ) ; Lisa McCorkle, as a founding member of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, helped raise public awareness of COVID-19 and raised research funding; Dimi Ogoina is an infectious disease physician at the University of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, and his work on the monkeypox epidemic in Nigeria has provided key information in the fight against monkeypox outbreaks.
Several figures have driven extraordinary scientific achievements and important policy advances. Surgeon Mohammad Moheddin of the University of Maryland in Baltimore led the team to complete the first human transplantation of a genetically modified pig heart; NASA Goddard Space Center astronomer Jane Rigby at the Webb Space Telescope Alondra Nelson , acting director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, helped the Biden administration shape its science agenda Key takeaways; UCSF demographer Diana Green Foster provides key data on the expected impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down legal protections for abortion rights.
On this year's list of top 10 figures, there are a number of names tied to developments in climate change and other global crises. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on countries to actively respond to crises such as climate change; Salimul Hook , director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka, Bangladesh, actively promoted developed countries to commit to bear the "losses" caused by climate change and damage”; Svetlana Krakowska , head of the Ukrainian delegation to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), raised the link between geopolitics and fossil fuels.
"Nature" stated that modern scientific research is done by teams, often large teams, but the scientific research world is also full of stories of individuals making an impact. "Nature's Top Ten Persons of the Year" is not an award, nor is it a list of the top ten in the world. It is a record of important scientific progress, events, and some of the key figures and their colleagues this year.
"The stories of Nature's top ten figures provide a unique take on some of the biggest scientific events of this extraordinary year," said Monasterski.
(Originally titled "Nature Announces Top Ten Persons Influencing the Scientific Process in 2022, Peking University Genomics Researcher Cao Yunlong Selected")
