Synthetic Biology Category Wins the 350th Anniversary Merck Innovation Cup

Ângelo P Matos; Amy Kauffman; Christopher Vickery; Kaleb Naegeli; Lisa Strittmatter; Anastasiya Sybirna; Janneke van Blijswijk; Lorenz Adlung; Tetyana Berbasova; Jhon Enterina; Lena Eismann; Braden Tierney; Josua Jordi; Lian Zhu; Sebald Verkuijl; Lorillee Tallorin; Arne Wehling; Michael Ogden; Stephan Lammel; Maike K Hasslacher; Petra Wuelfroth; Siegfried Neumann; Christian Tidona; Ulrich A K Betz

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.10.007

Synthetic Biology Category Wins the 350th Anniversary Merck Innovation Cup

Trends Biotechnol. 2020 Jan;38(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.10.007. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Authors

Ângelo P Matos¹, Amy Kauffman², Christopher Vickery³, Kaleb Naegeli⁴, Lisa Strittmatter⁵, Anastasiya Sybirna⁵, Janneke van Blijswijk⁶, Lorenz Adlung⁷, Tetyana Berbasova², Jhon Enterina⁸, Lena Eismann⁹, Braden Tierney³, Josua Jordi¹⁰, Lian Zhu¹¹, Sebald Verkuijl¹², Lorillee Tallorin³, Arne Wehling¹³, Michael Ogden¹⁴, Stephan Lammel¹⁵, Maike K Hasslacher¹⁶, Petra Wuelfroth¹⁷, Siegfried Neumann¹⁸, Christian Tidona¹⁹, Ulrich A K Betz²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia. Electronic address: angelosotam@gmail.com.
² Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ London Research Institute, London, UK.
⁷ Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
⁸ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
⁹ Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁰ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
¹² University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹³ ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.
¹⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
¹⁵ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Merck KGaA, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubator/Future Insight, Darmstadt, Germany.
¹⁷ Acella Advisors, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁸ Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
¹⁹ BioMed X Innovation Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
²⁰ Merck KGaA, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubator/Future Insight, Darmstadt, Germany. Electronic address: ulrich.betz@merckgroup.com.

PMID: 31718803
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.10.007

Abstract

Over the past 350 years, Merck has developed science and technology especially in health care, life sciences, and performance materials. To celebrate so many productive years, Merck conducted a special expanded anniversary edition of the Innovation Cup in combination with the scientific conference Curious2018 - Future Insight in Darmstadt, Germany.

Keywords: biotechnological projects; brainstorm; business plan; early career scientists; professional network; scientific event.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Awards and Prizes
Drug Industry / organization & administration*
Humans
Synthetic Biology*