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2020 Millennium Technology Prize Winners visit Finland
On year after receiving the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their groundbreaking Next Generation DNA Sequencing technology, Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor Sir David Klenerman visit Finland again in…Read more ›
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Millennium Technology Prize Academic Partner Network covers nine top Finnish Universities
Millennium Technology Prize has broadened its university partner network by signing agreements with University of Oulu, University of Turku, University of Jyväskylä, University of Eastern Finland, LUT University and Åbo Akademi University.…Read more ›
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Video: Millennium Technology Prize Chair of the board, Minna Palmroth about women and science
"There are huge stereotypes in the world that are planted to very little kids very early on. But girls can still discover the secrets of the universe. I would like…Read more ›
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Why the Millennium Technology Prize Leads the Awards Field
The Nobel Prize might be better known, but time and again, the Millennium Technology Prize has been one of the first international awards to recognize great innovation.From revolutionising solar energy…Read more ›
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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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Record number of women nominated for the Millennium Technology Prize
A record-breaking 28.1% of the nominees for the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize are women. The last time the prize was awarded, in 2020, women accounted for only 9.9% of the nominated innovators.Read more ›
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As a UN Global Compact participant, we want to debate big world challenges
Technology Academy Finland (TAF), the foundation awarding the Millennium Technology Prize, is proud to be a participant of the United Nations Global Compact sustainability initiative. Global Compact helps organisations to develop better practices regarding human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption and to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.Read more ›
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COVID-19 Vaccines Were Rapidly Developed Using DNA Sequencing Technology
Chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman from Cambridge University were awarded the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for the DNA sequencing techniques they developed. Thanks to the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)…Read more ›
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Prize criteria renewed for the 2022 nomination period
The Millennium Technology Prize will be awarded for the next time on 25 October 2022. The call for nominating breakthrough innovations deserving of the Prize will be open between 2…Read more ›
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Video: Watch the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize Winner’s Lecture
Next Generation DNA Sequencing technology Professors Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman received the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their innovation of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology that enables fast,…Read more ›
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