Gerhard Ecker nominated for "Austrian of the Year" Award

30.09.2022

Two colleagues from the Faculty of Life Sciences have been nominated for this year's "Austrian of the Year" award. Vote now for Ron Pinhasi in the "Research" category and for Gerhard Ecker in "Start-ups"!

They were outstanding in 2022. That's why "Die Presse" presents the Austria 22, the award for the Austrians of the year in the categories International Success, Research, Humanitarian Commitment, Climate Initiative, Cultural Heritage, Start-ups and Responsible Companies.

  • Gerhard Ecker (Start-ups): "Phenaris, a spin-off from the University of Vienna, developed software that can be used to predict side effects and drug interactions."
  • Ron Pinhasi (Research): "Ron Pinhasi deals with the fundamental questions of our evolution and history. To answer them, he developed methods to analyze even poorly preserved ancient DNA fragments.

- Source: diepresse.com (translated from German)

 

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Die Presse "Austrian of the Year" Award 2022

Source: diepresse.com

Category: Start-ups - Gerhard Ecker

Source: diepresse.com

Category: Research - Ron Pinhasi

Source: diepresse.com

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