International Commission on Food Mycology
Announcement:
Brigitte Gedek Science Award 2010 for Mycotoxin Research
The Society for Mycotoxin Research is pleased to announce this science award sponsored by Professor Dr. rer. nat. Brigitte Gedek, Ismaning, Germany. The award is endowed with
€ 10,000
with the intention to promote scientific research in mycotoxinology. The award will be granted for the sixth time during the 32nd Mycotoxin Workshop (14-16 June 2010 in Lyngby, Denmark) by the Society for Mycotoxin Research (http://www.mycotoxin.de).
The award will be given to a scientist or a group of scientists for creative and outstanding achievement in the field of mycotoxin research. Eligible for consideration are individual scientific contributions (masters thesis, doctoral thesis, or equivalent) as well as publications in international scientific journals. Routine work in education and scientific management, as well as cumulative research work, will not be considered. Publications which have already received an award, or research work done in the fields of veterinary and medical mycology, are also not eligible for this award.
The award winner is selected by the Science Award Committee. Applications must be submitted via a member of the Society for Mycotoxin Research by mail to:
President, Society for Mycotoxin Research
Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Humpf
Institute of Food Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
Corrensstrasse 45, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Deadline for applications is 1 March 2010.
The necessary documents for application (one original and two copies each) are (1) a Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, (2) the scientific research publication submitted for consideration, and (3) a letter describing the scientific merit of this research work, signed by the member of the Society who submits the application. Interested scientists may contact by email the Secretary of the Society (Manfred.Gareis@mri.bund.de) for enquiries concerning details of the application procedure.
The Brigitte Gedek Science Award is given on a biennial basis since 2000 and is the most prestigious award in the field of mycotoxin research. The award is given to a single person (one research group) or - in case of equally qualified applications - split into two parts. The previous laureates were:
2000 Michael Gekle (Würzburg, Germany)
2002 Eckhardt Johanning (New York, USA) and Uwe Lauber (Stuttgart, Germany)
2004 Karsten Meyer (Freising, Germany) and Kristian Fog Nielsen (Lyngby, Denmark)
2006 Franz Berthiller (Tulln, Austria)
2008 Wageha Awad (Vienna, Austria) and Markus Schmidt-Heydt (Karlsruhe, Germany).
