Biotechnology & medicine
Christina Smolke
Fine-tunes the activity of individual genes via an adaptable technology
Global
Xiaowei Zhuang
She has filmed a single influenza virus infecting a cell.
Global
Vasilis Ntziachristos
Facilitated noninvasive optical imaging of proteins and other molecules in the body, which could lead to ultraprecise diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.
Global
Vadim Backman
Found a way to spot colon cancer earlier than was previously possible
Global
Lauren Meyers
Helped public-health officials control epidemics of walking pneumonia and SARS with sophisticated mathematical models that predict how a disease will spread through networks of human interactions.