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Caption: Northwestern University professor and director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Chad Mirkin, pictured, has been awarded the 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Mirkin, the third most cited chemist in the world, was recently selected to serve on President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and is a leading expert on nanotechnology. His nanotechnology-based assays hold promise in revolutionizing point-of-care medicine and medical diagnostics.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology
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