Muslim Scientists Awarded with Mustafa (PBUH) Prize
Mustafa (PBUH) Prize award ceremony was held in Tehran on 25 December in the presence of a number of scientists from Iran and other Islamic countries
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TEHRAN (INIC)- Mustafa (PBUH) Prize award ceremony took place in Tehran on 25 December 2015 in the presence of a number of scientists from the Islamic world and the Iranian authorities, policymakers, scientists and economists.
Dr. Sorena Sattari, Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology,
Dr. Alireza Marandi, President of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Dr.
Abdolsalam Al-Majali, President of Islamic World’s Academy of Sciences gave the
prestigious Mustafa (pbuh) Prize to the laureates.
Professor Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director of the Institute of
Bioengineering and Nanotechnology of Singapore
and Professor Omar Yaghi, Co-Director of Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute
and faculty member of University of California, Berkeley, were the laureates in
the fields of nanobiotechnology sciences and nanoscience and nanotechnology,
respectively.
Prof. Jackie Ying, a Muslim Singaporean scientist, was awarded in
recognition of her efforts to develop stimulus response systems in targeted
delivery of drug in the field of nanobiotechnology. These systems are consisted
of polymeric nanoparticles, which auto-regulate the release of insulin
therapeutic depending on the blood glucose levels without the need for
sampling. The technology was firstly developed in her knowledge-based company
and is now being commercialized in big pharmaceutical firms to be at the
service of human health.
Prof. Omar Yaghi, a prominent Jordanian chemist, was also selected for
his extensive research in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in the
category of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The MOFs have a wide range of
applications in clean energy technologies, carbon dioxide capturing and
hydrogen and methane storage systems due to their extremely high surface areas.