Alex Assanvo

Edwin Rodríguez is addressing the environmental impact of human activities in the face of climate change by introducing an innovative environmental analysis service for surface waters. This solution aims to provide crucial insights into the presence of contaminants, including emerging ones, through a simplified sampling and analysis process, enabling a…

The nominating institute iGEM Foundation on the breakthrough: Wright’s Entrepreneurship Programme is a bootcamp for budding student entrepreneurs in the synbio field. We leveraged our network to create a truly global programme spanning regions, and fostered teams working across regions, while driving partnerships between stakeholders and mentors.

Particle accelerators are often thought of as large, expensive facilities or instruments. Typically, these machines have a variety of uses from fundamental science and medical applications to manufacturing semiconductors. How can particle accelerators be reinvented and downsized by the use of advanced nano fabrication and laser technologies? Additionally, what significance…

The science communication center creates customized content considering different audiences, through the lines: “learn” dedicated to general public, “update” oriented to professionals or specialized public of related areas, and “Apply” for decision makers. The interaction with the audience through social media, experiments, collaborations with national and international institutions guides them…

Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS) initiative partners with young children to raise awareness of antibiotic resistance (ABR; a subset of Antimicrobial resistance or AMR) to promote community dialogue and action. The program uses Grassroots comics, a simple, cost-effective engagement tool that enables children, irrespective of their artistic skills, to develop their…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Brooke Smith, jury member of the science engagement category at Falling Walls Science Summit 2022. She talked about her role as Director of Public Engagement with Science at Kavli Foundation, her passion…

The nominating institute JEDI Group on the breakthrough: Hermans’ JEDI Covid19 GrandChallenge pushes to model a number of active molecules at a scale never seen before, and determine a highly accurate list of active compounds cross-correlated by teams all over the world, as well as ultra fast-track in-vitro identification of…

The nominating institution University of Innsbruck on the breakthrough: AQT is building upon 2 decades of European quantum research to now turn this know-how into a commercially successful company. Within one year of its first funding round AQT has managed to realize a first European quantum computer demonstrator, implemented cloud-access…

With senseBox one can build, create and easily code stationary or mobile devices equipped with sensors for environmental phenomena like temperature, air quality or light pollution. The devices are connected to the internet and submit the measurements to the IoT-platform openSenseMap. The project is a breakthrough because it empowers children,…

Since 1995, the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group has worked closely with federal, tribal, state, and other partners across the Northwest to prepare for and manage the local impacts of a changing climate. CIG is widely recognized for scientific discovery and as an experienced creator of impartial and actionable…