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The "challenge" was accepted: an award in the field of future technologies was presented in Moscow
In Moscow, awards were solemnly presented to the laureates of the national prize in the field of future technologies "Challenge" for 2025. This year, it was awarded to the authors of the most breakthrough developments, which are of great practical importance. Among the winners are biologists, chemists and creators of fuel for nuclear reactors, each of whom became the owner of a unique statuette and a prize of 12 million rubles. And all the guests of the Moscow Manege, except for the triumphants of the evening, saw an elegant show. Details can be found in the Izvestia article.
The award ceremony
On December 19, a solemn ceremony of awarding the national prize in the field of future technologies "Challenge" for 2025 took place at the Manege. It is awarded for high-tech developments that have significant potential to change people's lives for the better and have a practical implementation horizon of up to 10 years. The event began with a greeting from Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
— By decision of President Vladimir Putin, a Decade of science and technology is taking place in Russia. Many major events are held, among them the national Challenge Award occupies a special place. It has become a truly interesting and attractive event, which is sought and awaited, and the award itself is cherished," he said.
This evening, five statuettes found their owners, each of which symbolizes its own nomination and differs from the others. This year, the award received 632 applications from 58 Russian regions and 39 foreign countries. The international Discovery category became the leader in the number of applications for the first time.
Ilya Yampolsky, Chief Researcher at the Laboratory of Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry named after M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, received the award in the Breakthrough nomination for deciphering the molecular mechanisms of bioluminescence and creating luminous plants. According to the winner of the award, representatives of all known kingdoms, except plants, can glow, and the scientist managed to give them this ability for the first time.
Ilya Yampolsky, Chief Researcher at the Laboratory of Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry named after M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was the winner in the Breakthrough nomination for deciphering the molecular mechanisms of bioluminescence and creating luminous plants.
— Bioluminescence is observed in all living kingdoms except plants. In the course of evolution, the ability to emit light arose independently about 50 times, which means that there are about 50 different chemical mechanisms of luminescence. We have deciphered several new biochemical pathways responsible for this. One of the most interesting was the mechanism of fungi: four genes were deciphered, which were transferred to plants, and now the glowing plants from the movie Avatar have become a reality," the scientist said.
Chemists and materials scientists
Vera Vil, Head of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Industrially Useful Products at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, became the winner in the "Perspective" nomination. She received the award for developing methods for the formation of new chemical bonds using electric current and organic peroxides, which can be used in the creation of medicines and plant protection products.
Vera Vil, Head of the Laboratory of Chemistry of Industrially Useful Products at the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, became the winner in the "Perspective" nomination.
— Over the past century, the industrial world has changed significantly, and organic synthesis has made a great contribution to this transformation. Synthetic materials, medicines, agrochemicals, and components of electronic systems are made up of organic molecules. One of the fundamental ways of forming new chemical bonds is through oxidation processes. We have created a new direction of bond formation based on oxidative processes, which makes it possible to use raw materials as efficiently as possible and minimize waste generation," she said.
Mikhail Skupov, Deputy General Director of the High-Tech Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials named after Academician A.A. Bochvar, was awarded in the Engineering Solution nomination along with Alexey Glushenkov, a solaureate and chief expert of the same institute. They were awarded the prize for the creation of a technology for the industrial production of nitride nuclear fuel.
Mikhail Skupov, Deputy General Director of the High-Tech Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials named after Academician A. A. Bochvar, became the winner in the Engineering Solution nomination.
— The creation of an industrial technology for mixed uranium-plutonium nitride nuclear fuel was required to deploy a new technological platform for nuclear energy based on so-called fast reactors. Due to its features, this fuel offers many advantages over traditional sources," said Mikhail Skupov.
The winner of the international Discovery nomination is Professor Valery Fokin of the University of Southern California
In the international nomination Discovery ("Discovery") The winner was Valery Fokin, a professor at the University of Southern California. He received the award for inventing the reaction that defined click chemistry and transformed molecular sciences and the chemistry of living systems.
— To put it simply, my goal is to see how life works at the molecular level. Biology describes processes, but chemical tools are needed to understand them in detail. For a chemist, these are reactions that make it possible to tag molecules, connect them, highlight them, and display the behavior of cells, tissues, and even entire organisms. Click chemistry is just one of these tools," said the winner.
Stepan Kalmykov, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of the Department of Radiochemistry at the Chemical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, became the winner in the "Scientist of the Year" nomination. He received the award for fundamental and applied research in the field of radiochemistry and radiochemical technologies.
The winner in the "Scientist of the Year" nomination is Stepan Kalmykov, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Radiochemistry at the Chemical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University
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