Jason Chin has been inducted into the European Inventor Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Munich celebrating 40 years of the European Patent Convention.
The Hall of Fame is a travelling exhibition that honours outstanding creativity and innovation among the finalists and winners of the European Inventor Award. Seven innovators and innovation teams, whose work exemplifies invention’s sweeping impact, have been selected for recognition.
Chin was nominated for his work in synthetic biology, and the patented new form of ribosome that works with a more complex genetic code than that found in nature to create novel proteins. Potential applications of this new ‘protein factory’ include the development of therapeutic medicines.
The exhibition’s first stop is the Deutsches Museum in Munich, where it will run from October 18 through the end of January 2014.
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