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Meet the 2016 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows Posted by: TED Staff, December 8, 2015 at 10:00 am EST We are thrilled to announce the new class of Fellows for TED2016. These 21 world-changers work at the very forefront of their fields and represent 12 countries around the world – including, for the first time in the program, Kyrgyzstan. This group includes a Hawaiian geneticist focused on establishing ethnic diversity in genome studies; an Iranian photographer capturing often undocumented youth culture in the Middle East; an Italian biomedical entrepreneur creating a revolutionary device to beat pancreatic cancer; a Ghanaian-American producer who created a viral web series hailed as Africa’s “Sex and the City;” a Canadian biohacker using low-cost, open source materials to grow human tissue and many more! Below, meet the new group of Fellows who will join us at TED2016, February 15-19 in Vancouver. Sanford Biggers (USA) Interdisciplinary artist Visual artist creating multimedia and musical performances which upend traditional narratives about far-ranging topics from hip hop to Buddhism to American history.

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Meetthe2016classofTEDFellowsandSeniorFellowsPostedby:TEDStaff,December8,2015at10:00amEST

WearethrilledtoannouncethenewclassofFellowsforTED2016.These21world-changersworkattheveryforefrontoftheirfieldsandrepresent12countriesaroundtheworld–including,forthefirsttimeintheprogram,Kyrgyzstan.ThisgroupincludesaHawaiiangeneticistfocusedonestablishingethnicdiversityingenomestudies;anIranianphotographercapturingoftenundocumentedyouthcultureintheMiddleEast;anItalianbiomedicalentrepreneurcreatingarevolutionarydevicetobeatpancreaticcancer;aGhanaian-AmericanproducerwhocreatedaviralwebserieshailedasAfrica’s“SexandtheCity;”aCanadianbiohackerusinglow-cost,opensourcematerialstogrowhumantissueandmanymore!Below,meetthenewgroupofFellowswhowilljoinusatTED2016,February15-19inVancouver.SanfordBiggers(USA)InterdisciplinaryartistVisualartistcreatingmultimediaandmusicalperformanceswhichupendtraditionalnarrativesaboutfar-rangingtopicsfromhiphoptoBuddhismtoAmericanhistory.

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SanfordBiggers,“EverydayaSunsetDies”(LKG),2014,78hx78win.Antiquequilts,assortedfabrics,fabrictreatedacrylic,spraypaint.Photo:SanfordBiggers