Sofía Ulloa Arias

Tanja Dragun is working on preventing the progression of prediabetes to diabetes by proposing an early intervention education model for prediabetic patients. The programme focuses on providing practical information, particularly on nutrition and food glycaemic response, to positively impact metabolic health and investigate the effect of education on key metabolic…

Irene Tagliaro is addressing the environmental and health concerns associated with perfluorinated substances (PFAS), or forever chemicals, by developing a PFAS-free water-repellent coating. This alternative solution utilises biopolymeric materials, specifically chitosan derived from aquaculture wastes, and fatty acids, offering a non-toxic, biodegradable, and sustainable substitute for PFAS in various applications.

Mahesh Londhe is tackling malnutrition and nutrition deficiency by distributing millet-based healthy products to rural women and nutrient-deficient people to improve their health conditions.

Several studies attempt to unravel the causes of excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in schizophrenia. The pitfall is the loose control of the exact target cells keeping an excessive level of abstraction. Enrico Patrono argues that implementing microfluidic chips called Brain-on-a-Chip, an innovative in-vitro-silico model for neural circuits allows high temporal and spatial…

As a species, we have a remarkable history of scaling up and distributing new technologies among the world’s population. For centuries, books and letters were precious and limited to a small elite, today the printed word is ubiquitous and production costs are negligible. The most recent democratisation of technology took…

Nominated by: MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presented by: Aishwarya Das

A wearable, connected device that measures muscle activation data and outputs actionable data for personalized, diagnostic decision-making.

This collaboration between 3 curators explores the highly topical due to the pandemic societal issues raised by technology’s increasing engagement with human emotions. Drawing on the latest in neuro & cognitive sciences, and the complex relationship between mind & body, 20 international artists & 3 new commissions were selected to…

Lilia Moritz Schwarcz is one of the most extraordinary humanities scholars in Latin America who distinguishes herself through her research on the history and social reality of Brazil. Her writings are pivotal for a critical analysis of colonial history and enslavement. Schwarcz is a prominent public intellectual and one of…

Vojtěch Nosek is the CEO and Co-founder of UNICO (www.unico.ai), a Prague-based tech innovations company. UNICO’s in-depth knowledge of the patent landscape, its interdisciplinary research network, and its own AI-powered EXPERTS.AI platform make it a front-runner in delivering technological innovations based on ground-breaking science. EXPERTS.AI is a smart AI-based matchmaker…