Günther Hasinger

Shar Thae Hoy is addressing the climate and societal crisis in Myanmar, aiming to equip communities with climate action tools through CALM-Climate Action Lab Myanmar. The proposed solution involves creating a community-based climate risk mapping and toolkit, utilising citizen science, community engagement, and a cultural lens to connect science and…

PRESENTED BY Eva Wimmers NOMINATED BY Levensohn Venture Partners Tags: Broadcasting, Media Production

McDade developed and validated a method for quantifying SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in finger stick dried blood spot samples. This approach allows people to self-collect samples from home, and then mail them to the lab for analysis. McDade’s scientific aim and public health goal is to expand understanding of predictors of…

The nominating institution Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on the breakthrough: Puchta is a pioneer who demonstrates that CRISPR/Cas as a site-specific nuclease can be used for restructuring complete plant chromosomes. He elucidated major mechanisms of DNA double strand break repair, and he is one of the leading scientists adopting this…

The main objective of Genome Adventures was to sensitise and engage Batswana on genomics and biomedical research through the use of cartoons and capacity building workshops. The Genome Adventures creative team co-created the work with scientists, adolescents and scientists in CAfGEN to try to create content that would engage policy…

Whether it was the theory of gravity or relativity, new concepts in physics tend to start out as seemingly unbelievable before they become widely accepted and are translated into world-changing technologies. Quantum physics is the latest such theory to slowly move into mainstream consciousness. Quantum physics deals with such strange…

Superbugs are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics and threaten to cause 10 M deaths per year worldwide by 2050. Without a commitment to finding new antibiotic leads now, we will head back into the pre-penicillin era, where a scrape could cost you your life if it became infected. Soils for…

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…

Our project is a smart AI quality inspector. It is a software tool that analyzes sensor data. LIENDA detects hidden anomalies in time series data and makes quality control recommendations. Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Digitalisation.

Nominated by: Rick Hao, Speedinvest Presented by: Simon Groeblacher