Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease found in the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe. A major challenge is the lack of early patient identification and effective vector control. This project aims to establish a disease and vector control program in Sri Lanka, beginning in a high-risk district and extending countrywide,…

The nominating institution Max-Planck-Institute on the breakthrough: I led an interdisciplinary team of computer and behavioral scientists, to study how humans think about the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. We designed a game, the Moral Machine, in which people decide what a self-driving car should do when it is faced with…

The nominating institution University of Edinburgh on the breakthrough: New X-ray Free-Electron Lasers allow us to track the motion of atoms and capture the rearrangement of electrons as molecules absorb light or undergo chemical reactions. This powerful imaging technique creates sharp and detailed movies that unveil how molecular machines function,…

The nominating institution Harvard Medical School on the project: If there is a worse disease than ALS, you should hope never to see it. Relentlessly progressive and 100% fatal, it has no treatment. By means of a clever genetic screen, the nominee and his colleagues identified a gene that, when…

PRESENTED BY Varinder Singh NOMINATED BY Chitkara University  

Michelle leads the Food and Agricultural Proteomics teams at Edith Cowan University and CSIRO, using revolutionary technology to identify key proteins to benefit Australia’s food and agriculture industries. She invented gluten-free barley, now known as Kebari®️, used to produce gluten-free cereals, beers and food products. These have the nutritional benefits…

How Anthropology Investigates the Cultural Heritage of the Future Cultural heritage is a mixture of objects and ideas, traditions and stories –  a legacy inherited from past generations, but at the same time providing the foundation on which we build the present and future. Among all artefacts and knowledge created…

Sri Harsha Paladugu is addressing the high failure rate of drugs in clinical trials by re-imagining human drug testing using more human-centric models, particularly the Multiple-Organs-on-Chip (MoC) technology. This innovative approach aims to better mimic human physiology, enhance drug safety, and expedite the drug development process, with a current focus…

Restoring Planetary Health with Science and Collaboration? The role of research and applying scientific discovery have proved to be fundamental to both human and planetary health. In many cases, solutions are at hand, but their development and subsequent application must be accelerated to turn evidence into action. This session will…

Janasuddi, meaning Smart News, is a audio digest in Kannada, a non-English Indian language, on science. Produced every day and distributed through WhatsApp and Anchor podcast director, the audio digest presents a curated summary of latest research from peer reviewed journals from across the world. The project started as an…