Flavia Kruse

Nominated by: Tomomasa Haraguchi, Japan Science and Technology Agency Presented by: Tennin Yan

PRESENTED BY Josua Jordi NOMINATED BY University of Zurich Tags: Bye Bye Late Night Cravings, Swiss Start-ups, Pharma, Bio Tech, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Appetite Supressors, First-in-class, Novel Drug Discovery Platform

PRESENTED BY Jerri Ann Thatcher NOMINATED BY University of Pennsylvania Tags: Blood Biology, Diagnostics, Clotting Status,Personalized Treatment, Critical Care

The Greek physician Galen of Pergamon (ca. AD 129 – 200/216) is arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity. The sixth century Syriac translation of his famous work On Simple Drugs was later erased and obscured when the parchment was reused for monastic writings. We have used…

In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Anthony Hyman, winner of the Körber European Science Prize 2022. He talked about his research on the role of phase separation in the formation of biological compartments and how it can help…

Maltiti Mohammed is addressing the environmental and human health impacts of plastic waste in Ghana by proposing a sustainable solution – a clothing and accessories company that exclusively uses recycled plastic. By melting and extruding plastic into filaments, then turning them into yarn for fabric production, his project aims to…

Evidence gathered by lay people through forms of citizen science are becoming more and more accurate, reliable and credible as the ‘civic sentinels’ performing environmental monitoring follow scientific protocols, seek advice from experts and confront their results with official measurements. This is a truly constructive form of ordinary people’s engagement…

Brian Nosek, Executive Director of the Center for Open Science (COS), is increasing openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research by challenging and changing the research culture to accelerate expansion of knowledge and discovery of solutions. COS provides infrastructure to make all research available regardless of outcome, catalyzes grassroots efforts to…

Ogboh’s multifarious project Stirring the Pot interrogates the myriad experiences that exist within migration. Migration is explored as a function that occurs as an exchange between people and place, and the construction of memory and identity left in its wake. The project is made visceral through a unique balancing of…

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…