L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
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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.
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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
- Tuneko Okasaki (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:
- 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:[2]
- 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."
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kevin Friedl, "For Women in Science", Seed Magazine, March 8, 2006
- UNESCO: Women and Science
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b UNESCOPRESS (March 2, 2007). Five outstanding women scientists receive L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science 2007.
- ^ Unesco. Tenth anniversary of the L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
[edit] External links
- For Women in Science. L'Oréal Official Page of the Awards.
