Winners

Deviskan: democratizing melanoma early detection

Catalyst Awardee

Narcis Ricart Geli; Enric Campmol Ametller; Maria Sunyer i Rigau Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union Deviskan is a non-invasive medical device powered by Deep Learning and Artificial…

Learn More

Filter winners by:

Filter by Competition Sponsor Academia Sinica Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarollo de Chile Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences EIT Health Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore National Academy of Medicine Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong U.S. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health United Kingdom Research and Innovation

Year 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

Catalyst Awardee

Defining drivers of ovarian aging to balance the scales toward healthy longevity

Jennifer Garrison, PhD | Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 The female reproductive system ages precociously – females rapidly lose their reproductive capacity by midlife while somatic tissues continue to function normally. Beyond reproduction, the end of fertility sets off…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

Deciphering mechanisms of disease resistance and longevity in centenarians

George Murphy, PhD, and Thomas Perls, MD, MPH  | Boston Medical Center
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 Rare individuals with exceptional longevity suggest we have within us the potential for longer, more healthful lives. In the last decade, several studies have provided evidence that many…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

A new state-wide tele-health model to deliver ADRD tele-assessment and tailored care planning to older adults in low-access, high-risk rural communities

Jenay Beer, PhD; Lisa Renzi-Hammond, PhD; Denise Dizon Everson, Med | University of Georgia
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 People are living longer than ever with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), but the key to increased longevity and quality of life with ADRD is…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

Delaying menopause and increasing reproductive longevity with Mullerian Inhibiting Substance

David Pepin, PhD; Patricia Donahoe, MD | Massachusetts General Hospital
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 Fertility clinics around the world measure the levels of a hormone called Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS) as a marker of ovarian “age”. Women are born with a set number of…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

The Role of Mitochondrial in Stem Cell Transplantation

Atena Zahedi, PhD | Stem Cell Research Center
Competition Sponsor: US National Academy of Medicine
Award year: 2021 Transplantation of human neural stem cells (hNSC) to repair damaged tissues in traumatic injuries has shown promise in pre-clinical studies and early clinical trials. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is marked by a…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

The Correlation of ectopic calcification signatures in the ageing eye and cardiovascular system

Maekawa Tomoki, PhD, DDS; Tan Cheng Sim, Anna, MBBS;  Pena-Silva, Ricardo A. PhD Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Ageing has contradictory effects on calcium metabolism, causing bone demineralization (osteoporosis) while in blood vessels and soft tissues proinflammatory cytokines activate osteogenesis and biomineralization, resulting in ectopic calcification.…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

Rewiring inter-organ immuno-metabolic crosstalks in the ageing bone marrow

Nakamura-Ishizu Ayako, PhD, MD; Weiqiang Chen, PhD, MS; Celia Martinez-Jimenez, MS, PhD Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Ageing is characterised by the progressive decline of physiological and cellular functions. However, little is known about how our different tissues respond to aging and whether every cell in…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

Age-dependent trajectory of exosomal protein distribution in healthy aging and Alzheimerʼs disease

Hoshino Ayuko, PhD, MS; Lav Varshney, PhD; Alexandru Hanganu, PhD | Tokyo Institute of Technology
Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Award year: 2021
*Accelerator Awardee Exosomes are small packages of proteins and genetic material that are released into the blood from various cell types and organ…

Read More

Catalyst Awardee

Development of in-body tissue-engineered autologous vascular grafts (Biotube)

Miyamoto Shinji, PhD; Nakayama Yasuhide, PhD; Yambe Tomoyuki, PhD; Tajikawa Tsutomu, PhD; Iwai Ryosuke, PhD; Takeshi Terazawa, PhD Competition Sponsor: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development It’s most reassuring if you can use your own tissues for implantation treatment. However, the amount and type of your own tissues available…

Read More