Recognizing the Boundary Breakers
Identifying outstanding scientific talents & breakthrough research topics in the life sciences, and providing unique opportunities for collaboration in science
Boundary-Breaking Science
Recordings: Lectures & More
Here you can meet the boundary breaking scientists that are part of the our Science Network and learn about their cutting edge research. Go a bit further and you will find some intriguing answers to the question: Who Owns Science?
“Through our lecture series, we want to bring cutting-edge science to as many people as possible. You never know who wants to build on the brilliant research of our awardees”
Lars zur Mühlen, Program Lead for Boundary-Breaking Science Lecture Series
2022 Boundary-Breaking Science Symposium: From Gene Editing to Gene Writing
Bayer Foundation and Bayer Science Fellows hosted our very first Boundary-Breaking Science Symposia. At the Bayer Crop Science Campus in Monheim, industry and academic experts from around the world were coming together to exchange on cutting edge research “From Gene Editing to Gene Writing”. As part of our work to advance both equity and collaboration in science, we have invited the wider scientific community and Bayer Foundation Science Network to take part. In addition, as we aim to make global access to the most cutting research more equitable, recordings of these outstanding lectures are available free of charge through our website.
Here you can read the scientific summary of the event prepared by the conference chair and Bayer Distinguished Fellow Dr. Larry Gilbertson, with support from Dr. Laura Hoffmeister.
Florian Richter
Introduction to gene editing and applications in human health and crop science
Anne Muigai
Bioethical considerations of gene editing & gene writing
2022 Boundary-Breaking Science Lecture Series
Selected lectures from the 2021 winners of Bayer Foundation’s awards highlight the forefront of scientific research from across the globe.
Dr. Connor Coley Henri Slezynger Career Development Assistant Professor MIT
AI for chemical space navigation and synthesis
Dr. Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva Group Leader, Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Quantifying gut microbiota-drug-host metabolic interactions
Prof. Kai Johnsson Director of the Chemical Biology Department at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Synthetic probes to spy on cells
2021 Boundary-Breaking Science Lecture Series
Selected lectures from the 2020 winners of Bayer Foundation’s awards highlight the forefront of scientific research from across the globe.
Prof. Ruth E. Ley, Director of Microbiome Science Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
The human gut microbiome:
ecology & evolution
Dr. Nico Franzmeier Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Using multimodal neuroimaging to understand Alzheimer’s disease progression
Who Owns Science?
Moderator: Theo Anagnostopoulos Co-Founder & General Manager of SciCo and a National Geographic Explorer
Who Owns Science? 2022
Bayer Foundation presents at Berlin Science Week
Moderator: Theo Anagnostopoulos Co-Founder & General Manager of SciCo and a National Geographic Explorer
Who Owns Science? 2021
Bayer Foundation presents at Berlin Science Week
Hosted by renowned science engager Theo Anagnostopoulos, co-founder of SciCo, a National Geographic Explorer, and member of the Explorers Club 50 Class of 2022 we ask the question Who Owns Science?
We explore whether science really can include all of us and what is the role society in scientific practice? Can we build a constructive dialogue between science and society, and is equality in science important? We put these questions to three superstars, so tune in to hear what they have to say on this and a lot more
Panel:
Jutta Allmendinger
Sociologist, president of WZB Berlin Social Science Center and member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC).
Jola Pospech
Scientist and academic, Junior Research Group Leader at Leibniz-Institut for Catalysis.
Christian Rommel
Bayer AG Head of Pharma Research & Development and lecturer of biotechnology at ETH Zurich.
Award Ceremonies
2022 Bayer Foundation Awards Ceremony
2021 Bayer Foundation Awards Ceremony
2020 Bayer Foundation Awards Ceremony
