Trizah Koyi Milugo

PRESENTED BY Jannis Fischer NOMINATED BY Stiftung Technopark Zürich Tags: Nuclear Medicine, Medical Technology, Medical Imaging, PET ,PET Scanner

There is currently no known drug treatment for preventing the onset or progression of diabetes mellitus. However, with my team, we have recently discovered a new potential drug receptor, the insulin inhibitory receptor, a breakthrough with the potential to revolutionize diabetes mellitus care. The discovery promises new, clinically-relevant treatments to…

The I.E.C.T. network app gives researchers and early stage companies connection to relevant players of the I.E.C.T. ecosystem. It is a tool that builds upon Cambridge-approved know-how to evaluate start-ups and connects them with mentors and investors. It has an integrated video conferencing solution (Jitsi) and has been used for…

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Citizen Science, Digitalisation, Diversity, Education, Engineering, Environment & Nature, Global Cooperation, Open Access, Quantum Technologies, Resilience, Robotic, Science Communication, Science Diplomacy, Science, Policy, Social Cohesion, Space & the Universe, Trust in science.

Nominated by: Thane Campbell, Deep Science Ventures Presented by: Samuel Cryer

Ana Montalban-Arques’ novel therapeutic approach applies bacteria as a stand-alone therapy for colon cancer, a therapeutic approach that shows striking efficacy of bacteria as monotherapy.

How Gender Balance Can Transform the Global Economy “Forget China, India and the internet: economic growth is driven by women”, the Economist wrote in 2006 in an article titled A guide to womenomics. Over the past 10 years, the importance of gender equality to promote development, innovation and economic growth…

Modern Science: Understanding the Scientific Method in the 21st Century Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. In the 21st Century we…

In order to grasp the future of cities, one has to look towards Africa and Asia. While the African continent is rapidly urbanising – by 2036 more than half of the African population will live in cities – the rising number of city dwellers live under extremely unequal conditions. By…

How Fluorescence Microscopy Can Now Provide Images on The Nanoscale „What if we could use a microscope to look at living cells and be able to see not only their shapes, but every single detail inside of them – down to the individual molecules?“ Some 25 years ago, scientists would…