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Dr Gabriella Colucci, the founder of two biotechnology companies that discover new plant-based molecules for industrial use, has won the top award of \u20ac100,000 in the 2018 EU Prize for Women Innovators, which was presented at a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium on 21 June.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Dr Colucci, whose businesses have filed 14 patents for newly discovered molecules, said that she was not someone who knew what she wanted to do from a young age.<\/p>\n

\u2018I visualised my dream when I was 45 years old,\u2019 she said during her acceptance speech. \u2018I realised that my dream was doing something that could make a difference in my home town.\u2019<\/p>\n

At that time she was working as a scientist in the US, but returned to Naples, Italy, to set up her first company, Arterra Bioscience. Like its daughter company Vitalab, Arterra uses specialised technology to understand how plant cells send signals to each other, which allows scientists to identify particular molecules that might be useful for industry.<\/p>\n

To date, Dr Colucci\u2019s work has uncovered 35 plant-derived active ingredients for use in the agrochemical and cosmetics industries.<\/p>\n

Both of her companies have a large proportion of young female scientists on the staff, she said, adding that this was partly because biology is a particularly attractive field for women.<\/p>\n

Engaged<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlos Moedas, the EU\u2019s commissioner for research, science and innovation, who was presenting the awards with member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, said that young women are very engaged in science. He pointed out that they win up to 43% of the EU\u2019s Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions grants to promote the mobility of researchers.<\/p>\n

But, he noted that as women advance in their careers, their progress often becomes blocked in subtle ways.<\/p>\n

\u2018Young women are extremely present in science. But as you go up the ladder, the invisible barriers come,\u2019 he said. Solutions need to be found to tackle this, he said.<\/p>\n

MEP Kaili, who is a leading authority in the European Parliament on blockchain and cybersecurity, said that her gender affected how she was treated when she attended certain conferences.<\/p>\n

\u2018The first time I went to an event on blockchain, they all thought that I was there working for the catering, or that maybe I was supporting somebody. There\u2019s still a strong perception that women cannot be in some places, which is insane,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have to make sure that each company that gets EU funding has women on the board,\u2019 she added when asked what could be done to rectify the situation.<\/p>\n

According to the EU, women make up just\u00a034.4% of self-employed people<\/a>\u00a0in the EU, and only 30% of start-up entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

The goal of the EU\u2019s Prize for Women Innovators is to recognise female entrepreneurs that have used scientific innovation to create a successful business.<\/p>\n

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‘There\u2019s still a strong perception that women cannot be in some places, which is insane.’<\/p>\n

MEP Eva Kaili, European Parliament<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The second prize of \u20ac50,000 went to Alicia As\u00edn P\u00e9rez, CEO and founder of Libelium, a Spanish company that facilitates the collection and sharing of data via the Internet of Things.<\/p>\n

Libelium provides customers with sensors that are specific to their goals and connects those sensors to the cloud. The service has been used to evaluate the health of parks and green spaces in Spain, to track racing ships during competitions in Germany and to monitor rivers in Colombia to prevent floods.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have to put gender equality on the frontline,\u2019 said P\u00e9rez while accepting her award. \u2018Take care of our young girls. Never allow anyone to call them bossy when they are showing their leadership skills.\u2019<\/p>\n

Easily understandable<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third prizewinner, taking home \u20ac30,000, was Walburga Fr\u00f6hlich, an Austrian entrepreneur whose business makes it easier for people with disabilities to enter the workforce and engage in public life. Her company, atempo, translates complex government texts into formats that are easily understandable for people with learning difficulties and disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u2018If you cannot understand what\u2019s going on around you, and if you do not know your rights, then the truth is that you are not able to participate easily in society,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

The prize for the best female innovator under 30, the so-called Rising Innovator award, went to Karen Dolva who co-founded a company called No Isolation. The Norway-based business works on improving communication between socially isolated people and the outside world.<\/p>\n

Their first product was a robot that enables children with severe long-term illnesses to interact with their friends and attend school while bed-bound. The robot takes the physical place of the child in the classroom and the sick child can then communicate with friends and teachers via the machine.<\/p>\n

\u2018We want to fight loneliness and social isolation,\u2019 said Dolva. \u2018We started off with kids with long-term illness and built a telepresence robot for them. Now we\u2019ve moved on to building computers for the very old.\u2019<\/p>\n

Originally published on Horizon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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