Merck Innovation Cup win
Congratulations to the team of researchers which featured Dr Elena De Vita and Dr Andrii Gorelik on winning the Merck Innovation Cup 2021
The is an international competition designed to develop new ideas for unmet clinical needs. This year, over 2000 researchers applied, from which 6 teams (of 6 researchers each) were selected by Merck and lined up for the competition. Following a week of virtual contact with professionals at Merck, each team pitched an idea in a different topic of life sciences, with ‘Team Drug Discovery Technology’ making it through to the finals.
The team was coached by Andrii Gorelik () and consisted of Elena De Vita (), Martin Maier (), Suyuan Chen (), Debakshi Mullick (), Monika Witzenberger (), and Eviatar Fields ().
The winning idea was based on the concept of molecular glues. This has been a in drug discovery. The team members were awarded the Merck Innovation Cup and a cash prize of €20,000.
This marks the second consecutive Merck Innovation Cup win for the Tate group, following Andrii’s win last year.
Congratulations to Team Drug Discovery Technology!
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Dr Ravi Singh
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