Press Release: October 26, 2026
ATP-Bio Team Celebrates Winning Concept at 2026 XPRIZE
Global Visioneering Summit
A team including NSF ATP-Bio researchers has achieved a major milestone in advancing the future of organ preservation. Their Organ Biostasis concept was voted the overall winning concept at the 2026 XPRIZE Global Visioneering Summit in Malibu, California.
The achievement marks an important step toward a proposed $50 million global XPRIZE competition aimed at transforming organ transplantation and accelerating drug discovery by making living tissues and organs available on demand.
Developed by Sebastian Giwa, Shannon Tessier, John Bischof, Matt Powell-Palm, and Dominika Wilczok, the concept envisions a future where biological time can effectively be paused, allowing organs and other living systems to be preserved and restored when needed.
This recognition highlights ATP-Bio’s leadership in advancing preservation technologies and its mission of Preserving Living Systems for All.
[Read the full press release → ATP-Bio_Press Release_Biostasis XPRIZE ]
About NSF ATP-Bio℠
NSF ATP-Bio℠ is a world-class partnership between engineering, medicine, science, education, business, and ethics at six premier research universities. It supports the crucial advancement of biopreservation technologies and enables innovation, commercialization, and diverse workforce development. Across NSF ATP-Bio℠, the institutional resources are abundant.
NSF ATP-Bio℠ is co-led by the University of Minnesota (UMN) and Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB). Texas A&M University and the University of California-Riverside are core collaborating institutions. The University of California-Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University are affiliated partner institutions.
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EEC 1941543.
Media Contact: Elica Gardner
ATP-Bio Communications Manager
atp-bio-aa@umn.edu