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Blog: Into the Unknown – Why Blue-Sky Research is Vital for Scientific Breakthroughs
Millennium Technology Prize winners Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman discuss the enormous value of researching without an agenda – and the need to fund it properly The response by…Read more ›
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DNA sequencing pioneers win the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize
British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques.Their Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology means…Read more ›
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New human organs made with Millennium Technology Prize winning innovation
Robert Langer is an American professor credited with the development of delivery systems that allow the administration of drugs to a specific tissue or place in the body. His methods…Read more ›
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The technology behind LEDs illuminates, cools and even finds cancer cells
Shūji Nakamura, an American professor born in Japan, received the Millennium Technology Prize in 2006 for his work in developing LED technology. Thanks to his work, many of the devices…Read more ›
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Frances Arnold is the third Millennium Tech Prize winner to receive the Nobel prize
The 2016 Millennium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold won the 2018 Nobel prize in chemistry and is now the third person to have won these two prestigious prizes.Read more ›
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Arnold’s MTP innovation thriving: medicines and fuels with natural selection
American biochemist Frances Arnold was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for her research on directed evolution in 2016. Arnold has developed a new and quick method for modifying proteins that mimics natural selection in a laboratory setting.Read more ›
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Thanks to the MTP Winner Parkin, Big Data changed the world
The increase in storage capacity enables us to create and store an ever increasing amount of data, and apply big data to a multitude of applications. Big Data refers to the capture, storage and analysis of voluminous sets of unstructured data masses with the help of advanced IT solutions.Read more ›
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Yamanaka’s innovation of IPS stem cells help combat Finnish heart diseases
Professor Shinya Yamanaka from Japan was awarded the Millennium Technology Prize in 2012. In his groundbreaking research project, professor Yamanaka succeeded in reprogramming ordinary adult cells into stem cells.Read more ›
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Biochemical engineer Frances Arnold wins 2016 Millennium Technology Prize for ‘directed evolution’ revolution
Technology Academy Finland (TAF) has today declared American innovator Frances Arnold as winner of the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize, the prominent award for technological innovations that enhance the quality of people’s lives.Read more ›
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Shinya Yamanaka produces first clinical-grade iPS cells
On a recent visit to Tampere, Finland, Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, winner of both a Millennium Technology Prize and a Nobel Prize, announced that his team has begun to produce clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Read more ›
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