Fabian Feutlinske

PRESENTED BY Silvan Siegrist NOMINATED BY Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. Tags: Prop Tech, Digitize, Buildings, Clean Tech, Buildings, Energy Efficiency

PRESENTED BY Tatiana Stella NOMINATED BY The University of Milano-Bicocca Tags: Contamination, Microbiology, Biological Reclamation

The nominating institute EPFL on the breakthrough: Reward-based learning underlies important aspects of human and animal behavior, and recent advances reveal detailed understanding of the underlying neuronal mechanisms in mice. Precise optical and electrophysiological measurements, optogenetic perturbations and computational analyses uncover fundamental mechanisms of brain function during simple forms of…

In our current moment our society prioritizes the material over the numinous. While generates progress in technology, it is apparent to most that something important in the way we relate to one another has been lost, the effects of which are felt across countries and institutions pushing us to a…

Borja Martínez Téllez discovered that oral supplementation with a gut microbe which was found in the gut of young and elderly adults increases muscular strength by 30% in the absence of exercise training.

Aquí Nos Cuidamos is a project of the nonprofit Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) that promotes COVID-19 prevention and the well-being of vulnerable and marginalized communities in Puerto Rico through a culturally relevant multimedia education, community engagement, science and solidarity. To read the speech in Spanish, please click here. / Para leer el…

DreamSpace Academy is a Community Innovation Centre which was created to tackle authentic socio-economic and environmental challenges using Project Based Learning (PBL). Our mission is to empower creative minds through Maker Education, to create innovative solutions using Open Innovation, and ultimately leading them to become successful social entrepreneurs. It is…

Nominated by: Oxford University Hospital Presented by: Fouad Noor

Mai-Thi’s presentation, “Breaking the Wall of the Human Cell”, focused on the latest breakthroughs in cancer research: Nano transporters breaking through the outer walls of cells in order to efficiently channel medical agents to the inside. As it attacks only cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed, this method will…

Nominated by: Bo Norrman, Chalmers University of Technology Presented by: Karl Bergman