Gesa Wiese

Navonmesh Prasar sets the standard for S.T.E.A.M. learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) through innovation in education pedagogy. Navonmesh Prasar Foundation is registered as a section-8 (a non-profit organization) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. We maintain an objective of improving the quality of education in…

Mariëlle van Kooten won second place at the Falling Walls Lab Finale 2019. Her app unites scientists and the general public through simple images, enabling the inspection of complex, large-scale data to improve human health.

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi who is part of the Falling Walls Female Science Talents Program. She talked about her role as Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University…

The nominating institution Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin on the breakthrough: Open Innovation (OI) offers a different way of doing research to address urgent global challenges. We developed an unique training strategy that empowers early-stage researchers to apply OI concepts into their projects. To embed our training into Berlin’s neuroscience…

I work on many projects that address digital science education, particularly working with overlooked communities. I work primarily in various classrooms around the world, designing, building, testing, and researching adaptive and interactive science pedagogies, particularly ones that contain a digital component. This had led to many innovations in digital science…

Manufacture of subcutaneous implant made with Polytetrafluoroethylene, tolerated by human body, releasing continuously the required hypotensive substance at a flow equal to the recommended daily dose. Tag: Med-Tech.

Nominated by: Australian National University Presented by: Mark Mattingley-Scott

The structural change in the Rhenish mining area is of outstanding importance to the region, its neighbouring conurbations, and the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its intended transformation towards becoming a source for carbon-neutral energy, sites for closed resource cycles, and new attractive residential, work and leisure opportunities serve as…

How the use of optogenetics can restore vision to the visually impaired Seeing is not, as the proverb goes, merely believing, rather it is a literal window to the world. Losing our eye-sight means a major loss of personal freedom and, in most cases, implies an irreversible condition. While there…

Debayan Dasgupta is addressing the challenge of treating untreatable diseases, such as bacterial infection in dentinal tubules and cancer microtumors, by proposing the use of remotely guided magnetic nanorobots as nanosurgeons for targeted treatment. His innovative approach aims to overcome the limitations of modern medicine and effectively treat disease sites…