The Waterloo International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) team recently won Gold Standing and Best Model at the 2014 iGEM Giant Jamboree.
Eduardo Martin-Martinez, a research assistant professor in Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing, has won the Polanyi Prize for physics for his research on gravity and quantum theory. Polyani prizes are awarded annually to five early career researchers in Ontario in the areas of chemistry, economic science, literature, physics and physiology/medicine.
