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Sir Balasubramanian, an India-born British professor of medicinal chemistry, and Sir Klenerman, a British biophysical chemist, co-invented the Solexa-Illumina Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology enabling fast, accurate, low-cost and large-sca
British Indian chemist in Millennium Tech Prize winning team for revolutionary DNA tech
British Indian chemist in Millennium Tech Prize winning team for revolutionary DNA tech
Shankar Balasubramanian, an India-born British professor of medicinal chemistry, was among one of the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for development of revolutionary DNA techniques.
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UPDATED: May 19, 2021 09:23 IST
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize. (Representative Image)
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were on Tuesday declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize, a prestigious global science and technology prize awarded for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques which means DNA can now be read in super-fast times.
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman were on Tuesday declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques.
Sir Balasubramanian and Sir Klenerman co-invented the Solexa-Illumina Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology enabling fast, accurate, low-cost and large-scale genome sequencing - the process of determining the complete DNA sequence of an organism s make-up, which is proving crucial in humanity s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.