L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
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| L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science | |
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 UNESCO headquarters in Paris |
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| Awarded for | significant scientific contributions made by outstanding women researchers. |
| Presented by | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and L'Oréal |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Official website | http://www.forwomeninscience.com |
The L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science aims to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a result of a partnership between the French cosmetics company L'Oréal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and carry a grant of $100,000 USD for each laureate.[1]
Each year an international jury alternates between life and material sciences and selects a winner from each of the following regions:
- Africa and the Middle East.
- Asia-Pacific
- Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- North America (since 2000)
The same partnership awards the UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowships, providing up to $40,000 USD in funding over two years to fifteen young women scientists engaged in exemplary and promising research projects. [2]
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[edit] Recipients
1998 Laureates:
- Grance Aladunni L. Taylor (Nigeria): Biochemistry
- Myeong Hee-Yu (South Korea): Microbiology
- Pascale Cossart (France): Bacteriology
- Gloria Montenegro (Chile): Botany
2000 Laureates:
- Valerie Mizrahi (South Africa): Molecular biology
- Tsuneko Okazaki (Japan): Molecular biology
- Margarita Salas (Spain): Molecular biology
- Eugenia María del Pino Veintimilla (Ecuador): Molecular biology
- Joanne Chory (USA): Molecular biology
2001 Laureates:
- Adeyinka Gladys Falusi (Nigeria): Molecular genetics
- Suzanne Cory (Australia): Molecular genetics
- Anne McLaren (United Kingdom): Reproductive biology
- Mayana Zatz (Brazil): Molecular biology
- Joan Argetsinger Steitz (USA): Molecular biophysics and biochemistry
2002 Laureates:
- Nagwa Meguid (Egypt): Genetics applied to the prevention of mental diseases
- Indira Nath (India): The treatment of leprosy
- Mary Osborn (Germany): Methods for the observation of cell structures
- Ana María López Colomé (Mexico): Prevention of blindness.
- Shirley Tilghman (Canada, USA): Gene expression and parental origin of chromosomes
2003 Laureates :
- Karimat El-Sayed (Egypt): Physics
- Fang-hua Li (China): Electron microscopy
- Ayse Erzan (Turkey): Condensed matter physics
- Mariana Weissmann (Argentina): Computational condensed matter physics
- Johanna M.H. Levelt Sengers (USA): Thermodynamics
2004 Laureates:
- Jennifer Thomson (South Africa): "For work on transgenic plants resistant to drought and to viral infections, in an effort to respond to the continent's chronic food shortage."
- Lúcia Mendonça Previato (Brazil): "For studies which enable progress in the understanding, treatment and prevention of the Chagas disease."
- Philippa Marrack (United States) "For the characterization of lymphocyte T functions in the immune system and the discovery of superantigens.
- Nancy Ip (China): "For discoveries concerning proteins which favour the growth and preservation of neurons in brain development."
- Christine Petit (France): "For research on the molecular and cellular bases of human hereditary deafness and other sensorial deficiencies."
2005 Laureates:
- Zohra ben Lakhdar (Tunisia): "For experiments and models in infrared spectroscopy and its applications to pollution, detection and medicine."
- Fumiko Yonezawa (Japan): "Fir pioneering theory and computer simulations on amorphous semiconductors and liquid metals."
- Dominique Langevin (France): "For fundamental investigations on detergents, emulsions and foams."
- Belita Koiller (Brazil): "For innovative research on electrons in disordered matter such as glass."
- Myriam P. Sharachik (USA): "For important experiments on electrical conduction and transitions between metals and insulators."
2006 Laureates:
- Habiba Bouhamed Chaabouni (Tunisia): "For her contribution to the analysis and prevention of hereditary disorders."
- Jennifer Graves (Australia): "For studies on the evolution of mammalian genomes."
- Christine van Broeckhoven (Belgium): "For the genetic investigation of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases."
- Esther Orozco (Mexico): "For the discovery of the mechanisms and control of infections by amoebas in the tropics."
- Pamela Bjorkman (USA): "For the discovery of how the immune system recognizes targets."
2007 Laureates:[1]
- Ameenah Gurib-Fakim (Mauritius): "For her exploration and analysis of plants from Mauritius and their bio-medical applications."
- Ligia Gargallo (Chile): "For her contributions to understanding solution properties of polymers."
- Mildred Dresselhaus (USA): "For her research on solid state materials, including conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes."
- Margaret Brimble (New Zealand): "For her contribution to the synthesis of complex natural products, especially shellfish toxins."
- Tatiana Birshtein (Russia): "For her contribution to the understanding of the shapes, sizes and motions of large molecules."
2008 Laureates:[3]
- Lihadh Al-Gazali (United Arab Emirates): "For her contributions to the characterization of inherited disorders."
- V. Narry Kim (South Korea): "For elucidating the formation of a new class of RNA molecules involved in gene regulation"
- Ada Yonath (Israel): "For her structural studies of the protein biosynthesis system and its disruption by antibiotics."
- Ana Belén Elgoyhen (Argentina): "For her contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of hearing (sense)."
- Elizabeth Blackburn (United States): "For the discovery of the nature and maintenance of chromosome ends and their roles in cancer and aging."
2009 Laureates:[4]
- Tebello Nyokong (Africa and the Arab States): "for her work on harnessing light for cancer therapy and for environmental clean-up".
- Akiko Kobayashi (Asia-Pacific): "for her contribution to the development of molecular conductors and the design and synthesis of a single-component molecular metal".
- Athene M. Donald (Europe): "for her work in unraveling the mysteries of the physics of messy materials, ranging from cement to starch".
- Beatriz Barbuy (Latin America): "for her work on the life of stars from the birth of the Universe to the present time".
- Eugenia Kumacheva (North America): "for the design and development of new materials with many applications including targeted drug delivery for cancer treatments and materials for high density optical data storage".
2010 Laureates:[5]
- Rashika El Ridi (Africa and the Arab States): "for paving the way towards the development of a vaccine against the tropical disease Schistosomiasis".
- Lourdes J. Cruz (Asia-Pacific): "for the discovery of marine snail toxins that can serve as powerful tools to study brain function".
- Anne Dejean-Assémat (Europe): "for her contributions to our understanding of leukaemia and liver cancers".
- Alejandra Bravo (Latin America): "for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a powerful insecticide".
- Elaine Fuchs (North America): "for her contributions to our knowledge of skin biology and skin stem cells".
[edit] See also
http://www.facebook.com/forwomeninscience== External links ==
- For Women in Science. L'Oréal Official Page of the Awards.
- For Women in Science Malaysia. L'Oréal Malaysia Official Page of the Awards.
[edit] References
- Kevin Friedl, "For Women in Science", Seed Magazine, March 8, 2006
- UNESCO: Women and Science
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Five outstanding women scientists receive L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science 2007". UNESCOPRESS. 2007-03-02. http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5212&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ UNESCO/L’ORÉAL Co-Sponsored Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences
- ^ "Tenth anniversary of the L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science". Unesco. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=41944&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "11th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science to Honour Five Exceptional Women Scientists". Press Release No. 2008-114 (UNESCOPRESS). 2008-11-10. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=43938&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "12th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science Honours Five Exceptional Women Scientists". Paris, France: UNESCO News Service. 2009-10-15. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46707&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
