{"id":35931,"date":"2026-05-21T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/nieuws\/gateway-bio-wins-audience-award-and-rough-diamond-award-at-the-philips-innovation-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:38:32","slug":"gateway-bio-wins-audience-award-and-rough-diamond-award-at-the-philips-innovation-awards","status":"publish","type":"nieuwsberichten","link":"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/en\/news\/gateway-bio-wins-audience-award-and-rough-diamond-award-at-the-philips-innovation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Bio wins Audience Award and Rough Diamond Award at the Philips Innovation Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35931\" class=\"elementor elementor-35931 elementor-35922\" data-elementor-post-type=\"nieuwsberichten\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c168370 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c168370\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b76b4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b76b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Cool news! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gateway-bio.com\">Gateway Bio<\/a>, startup from the <a href=\"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/en\/programs\/unlock-incubation\/\">unlock_<\/a> cohort 2026-2027, won both the audience award and the Rough Diamond Award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phia.nl\">Philips Innovation Awards<\/a> on Tuesday night!<\/p><p>Earlier this year, the startup also won the top prize at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulliver.nl\">Gulliver Awards<\/a> in Leiden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-841195b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"841195b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abdcd96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"abdcd96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Gateway Bio<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3739b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3739b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gateway Bio is a biotech startup that aims to address antibiotic resistance with a new type of drug delivery system. They are developing a modular nanocarrier platform that delivers antibiotics directly into bacterial cells, bypassing bacterial defense mechanisms. The platform is widely applicable to different types of antibiotics and works against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d399be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d399be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PHIA-winnaar-teaser.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-35927\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PHIA-winnaar-teaser.png 750w, https:\/\/plnt.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PHIA-winnaar-teaser-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23bdccd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23bdccd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05580b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05580b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The startup convinced both the judges and the audience with a powerful speech and a clear explanation of its product.<\/p><p>In addition to their awards, they were also officially announced last week as a spin-off from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utwente.nl\">University of Twente<\/a>.<\/p><p>We look forward to watching this inspiring startup grow in the near future!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":35925,"template":"","class_list":["post-35931","nieuwsberichten","type-nieuwsberichten","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gateway Bio wins Audience Award and Rough Diamond Award at the Philips Innovation Awards! - PLNT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Startup Gateway bio falls big time at the Philips Innovation Awards May 19! 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