Biotechnology & medicine
Jörg Lahann
Designed an electrically switchable surface coating that can alternate between attracting and repelling water.
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Xiaowei Zhuang
She has filmed a single influenza virus infecting a cell.
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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.
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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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Sandra Waugh Ruggles
Uses clever testing schemes to determine which protein- slicing enzymes make the cut as potential drugs.