Where antibodies reach their limits in medicine, aptamers step in. For her pioneering work in developing aptamer-modified biosensors, Nako Nakatsuka, assistant professor at EPFL, has been honored with the 2025 Ruzicka Prize.
BRIDGE, the funding initiative of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse, reviewed 108 applications and ultimately approved 15 innovation projects, including Daniel Richard's project (deMello Group). The project is supported with CHF 2.5 million. The chemist intends to use the funding to develop affordable, portable, and rapid diagnostic technology for tuberculosis.
Torsten Hoefler, Professor at the Department of Computer Science (D-INFK) at ETH Zurich and Chief Architect for AI at CSCS, and his team, together with CSCS engineers, won this year’s Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling. ETH Professor Mathieu Luisier (D-ITET) and his team, collaborating with Hoefler and also finalists, received the ACM Honorable Mention.