BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 23 -- Boise State University issued the following news release:

In November 2026, scientists, politicians and diplomats from all over the world will meet at the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin, Germany, to highlight the most impactful scientific breakthroughs of the year. Boise State Assistant Professor Konrad Meister will join them as a top 10 honoree in the physical sciences category, for his discovery of a new protein that controls ice formation.

The Falling Walls appearance will be the exclamation point on a busy year for Meister, which included a breakthrough paper in the journal "Science Advances;" an October visit to the GESDA Anticipation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland; a translational research fellowship...