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June 5, 2025
2025 Blavatnik Award Winners Presented Their Research at a Science Symposium at the Israel Academy

On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Science Symposium was held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem. The symposium was opened by Prof. Michal Rivlin, from the Department of Brain Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science, with a fascinating guest lecture titled "Vision in Motion: How the Early Stages of Vision are Aligned to Behavior". The symposium included presentations by the 2025 Blavatnik Awards laureates: Prof. Yonatan Stelzer, in the category of Life Sciences; Dr. Benjamin Palmer, in the category of Chemical Sciences; and Prof. Chaim Garfinkel, in the category of Physical Sciences and Engineering.

Blavatnik Awards
June 4, 2025
Israeli Broadcast Corporation Interviews 2025 Blavatnik Awards Laureate Benjamin Palmer

The prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel went to three early-career scientists among 36 nominees and also include a $100,000 grant for each one for their groundbreaking research in three fields. The Israeli Broadcast Corporation's English News Program interviewed Chemical Sciences laureate, Dr. Benjamin Palmer, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is being recognized for his pioneering research on how organisms form crystals.

Blavatnik Awards
May 6, 2025
2025 Laureates of the Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Announced

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and The New York Academy of Sciences announced today the Laureates of the prestigious 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. This year’s Laureates, who will each receive US$100,000, are: Yonatan Stelzer, PhD (Life Sciences) – Weizmann Institute of Science, Benjamin Palmer, PhD (Chemical Sciences) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chaim Garfinkel, PhD (Physical Sciences & Engineering) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel will be conferred at a ceremony in June 2025 at the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Blavatnik Awards
March 12, 2025
Simulating Earth’s Evolution to Help Find Life on Other Planets

By reconstructing Earth’s ancient climate and atmospheric evolution over billions of years in a computer, Prof Mills and his team at the University of Leeds are studying how planets can make the transition from a barren world to one teeming with living things. In recognition of his work, Professor Mills has been recognised in the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists as the UK Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering, celebrated last week in awards funded by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences.

Blavatnik Awards
March 5, 2025
University Science Faces Triple Threat, Says King’s Vice-Chancellor

Shitij Kapur tells audience at Blavatnik Awards they “cannot take the future for granted.” University-based science faces a triple threat of eroding government support, geopolitical tensions and a “backlash against intellectuals”, the vice-chancellor of King’s College London has said. Shitij Kapur was speaking at a ceremony for the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK, held in London on 4 March. The awards, worth £100,000 each, are given annually to three researchers under the age of 42. Before presenting the awards, Kapur said: “We find ourselves in precarious times and cannot take the future for granted. “The success of modern science, especially university-based science, has been characterised by three things: significant public and philanthropic support; significant public mandate for universities and scientists; and an unprecedented culture of sharing,” he added.

Blavatnik Awards
March 5, 2025
Northern Universities Sweep the Prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Three scientists from Newcastle University, University of Nottingham, and University of Leeds were crowned Laureates of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom. Dr. Christopher Stewart (Life Sciences), Prof. Liam Ball (Chemical Sciences), and Dr. Benjamin Mills (Physical Sciences and Engineering) will each receive £100,000 in unrestricted funds from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences. The awards show the role North has in scientific progress, with some of the biggest breakthroughs in AI, machine learning, and healthcare coming from the region.

Blavatnik Awards
March 4, 2025
Britain’s Brightest Young Scientists Named at Blavatnik Awards Gala, Each Winning £100,000 Prize

As the largest unrestricted prize for UK scientists under the age of 42, the Blavatnik Awards celebrate Britain’s greatest young minds in their fields. This year, the three Laureates—each awarded £100,000 in unrestricted funds—were chosen from a shortlist of nine finalists, representing some of the brightest young scientific minds across the UK. Among them, the three Laureates are tackling some of the most complex and pressing issues in science and society: infant mortality, green manufacturing and predicting long-term climate change. Tonight’s prize-giving gala at The Orangery, Kensington Palace highlighted the growing impact of regional universities in driving scientific breakthroughs. The winners of this year’s Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists (UK) are: Life Sciences Laureate: Prof. Christopher Stewart (Newcastle University), Chemical Sciences Laureate: Prof. Liam Ball (University of Nottingham),and Physical Sciences & Engineering Laureate: Prof. Benjamin Mills (University of Leeds).

Blavatnik Awards
March 4, 2025
Blavatnik Awards Gala Honors Britain’s Top Young Scientists, Each Receiving £100,000 Prize

On March 4, 2025, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences celebrated an extraordinary gathering of scientific minds at the prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists ceremony in the UK. Each of this year’s chosen Laureates is addressing significant global challenges—ranging from infant mortality to sustainable manufacturing practices and the long-term predictions of climate change. These three individuals have not only excelled in their respective areas but also embody the innovative spirit that the Blavatnik Awards aim to honor. The evening’s event took place at The Orangery, Kensington Palace, providing a majestic backdrop to a celebration of scientific achievement.

Blavatnik Awards
March 2, 2025
Instant Genius Podcast: How AI is Helping Us to Understand How Our Brains Learn

The human brain is surely one of the most complex and fascinating creations in all of nature. It’s through them that we experience the world around us, develop knowledge and skills, and carry within us memories of events and experiences that occurred decades in the past, which we can later draw on to face new challenges. In this episode, we’re joined by Prof Andrew Saxe, a computational neuroscientist based at University College London. He tells us about the work his lab is carrying out on modelling the function of our brains using artificial intelligence, what this research has already uncovered about how our brains learn and what we can look forward to discovering in the coming decade or so. Andrew is a finalist for the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.

Blavatnik Awards
February 20, 2025
Chunxiao Song Announced as Finalist for 2025 UK Blavatnik Awards

The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences have announced the finalists for the eighth Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. The Awards recognise scientific advances by UK researchers across three divisions – Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering. Associate Professor Chunxiao Song of Ludwig Oxford has been selected from a pool of 94 nominees as a finalist in the Chemical Sciences division for his development of a state-of-the-art sequencing methods to detect DNA and RNA modifications, enabling early cancer detection and leading to the founding of a $410 million biotech company.

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