"Falling Walls" 2021: Cynthia Sharma and Chase Beisel awarded in life sciences category
10/10/2021Cynthia Sharma (IMIB) and Chase Beisel (Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, HIRI) are among the shortlist winners of this year's "Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year."
Their joint research on CRISPR, the revolutionary gene scissors that are part of bacteria's natural immune system, has made a breakthrough in diagnostics through the development of a new diagnostic platform called LEOPARD.
Unlike established medical testing methods, such as the standard PCR tests used in the COVID pandemic, the new technique provides much more information. In the future, LEOPARD can thus help doctors and patients make better decisions in medical care.
The "Falling Walls Science Summit" is an international, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral forum for scientific pioneering achievements and the dialogue between leading researchers and society. For this year's "Science Breakthroughs of the Year" competition, the Falling Walls jury reviewed more than 1,000 nominations from leading academic institutions in 115 countries.
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