Our Fellow, Professor Chris Toumazou FRS FREng FMedSci, has won the prestigious European Inventor Award for Research 2014.
Professor Toumazou received the award for his invention of a quick DNA test which can decipher the genetic makeup of individuals within minutes, without the need for lab work - a milestone along the path to innovative medical healthcare with a preventive focus. The innovation is based on a microchip that detects deviations in an individual human genome. The chip can be inserted into a USB stick, providing results that are viewable directly on a computer.
At the award ceremony, he said that the invention was for "future medical doctors, my son Markus, and my wife Melanie".
He finished with a quote: "The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
Read a full interview with Professor Toumazou.
The Academy will be hosting a Fellows' discussion dinner with Professor Toumazou on 24 November 2014. Full details will be announced over the summer on our Events page.