Edward Chang

Monika Janíková is exploring erythroprogenitor-to-erythrocyte maturation in cell cultures, focusing on materials released in enucleation. This can proceed via methods well-established in neutrophil ET research.

MAD-learn is Mobile App Development for every classroom. This web-based tool empowers any teacher—not just technology teachers—to engage students in app development, from a book review app in English class to a drawing app in Art class. Using the design-thinking process, MAD-learn prepares today’s students for tomorrow’s careers. Students use…

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,…

Michael Richter is addressing the challenge of transporting renewable hydrogen through the existing natural gas pipeline network by proposing a solution that involves extracting pure hydrogen from a mixed gas using an ion-selective membrane. This flexible and compact technology, with manufacturing synergies with fuel cells and electrolysers, aims to overcome…

Abdullah Al Ghailani is addressing the challenges of late dementia detection, proposing an AI-based tool called CognICA for early diagnosis to enhance healthcare outcomes and well-being. His cross-sectional study in the Omani population aims to validate and assess the acceptability of AI-based screening tools, evaluating their effectiveness in improving early…

Anthea Wirges is addressing the limitations of durable Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapies in hematological malignancies, which suffer from relapses and resistances despite impressive initial response rates. Her solution involves the creation of novel CAR T cells targeting a unique antigen and employing a distinct mode of action…

To break the Wall of affordable clean energy for all, materials are the key. Up to 80% of the cost of an energy solution is due to its constituent materials and can take 20 years to reach commercialization. MAPs are a multidisciplinary technology built on robotics, high performance computing, and…

Food insecurity exists in more than 1.6 billion people (i.e., over 20% of the global population). The last UN Food Systems Summit emphasised that the world’s food system is irretrievably broken. Recent developments such as the war in Ukraine and State-responses to high food prices, alongside ongoing issues like pandemic-related…

Nominated by: Jessica Gallagher, University of Adelaide Presented by: Lewis Dunnigan

The nominating institute Geomar on the breakthrough: The independent evolution of pregnancy in most vertebrate groups required drastic morphological and genomic reorganisation. Roth’s project focuses on adaptation in male pregnancy evolution in pipefishes and seahorses, evolving on a gradient from external fertilisation to full pregnancy. Only this genus allows the…