Biotechnology & medicine
Cristoph Schaffrath
Discovered an enzyme that could enable environmentally benign production of fluorine-containing compounds such as Teflon and Prozac, which are now made via noxious chemical processes.
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Xiaowei Zhuang
She has filmed a single influenza virus infecting a cell.
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Rebekah Drezek
Develops photonic technologies that use targeted nanomaterials to detect, monitor, and treat breast and gynecologic cancers painlessly, and at a fraction of the cost of conventional approaches.
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Colin Hill
Aims to more than double human trials success rate by virtually prescreening drugs in computer models of human cells.
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Jörg Lahann
Designed an electrically switchable surface coating that can alternate between attracting and repelling water.