Fermentation Awards

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Fermentation will be launching its Travel Awards for Junior Investigators in fermentation-related research fields. The applications for these awards will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Fermentation Editorial Board.

Candidates’ Requirements:

• Postdoc or PhD student;
• Will attend an international conference in 2019 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:

• The conference that the candidate plans to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
• A Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
• A justification letter describing the focus of the candidate’s research (max. 800words);
• A letter of recommendation from the candidate’s mentor;
• After the meeting, the awardee must provide a copy of the page in the conference program showing the abstract/presentation and meeting badge that verifies his/her attendance.

The award, which consists of 500 CHF and a certificate, will be granted to two junior investigators.

Please send your and applications for this award at the link before 31 March 2019. The winner will be announced by the end of June 2019.

We are pleased to announce the two winners of the 2017 Fermentation Travel Awards for Junior Investigators, who will receive 600 CHF each towards their travel expenses to attend an international conference in 2017.

The Awards have been granted to:

Dr. Matthew L. Bochman, an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University, IN, USA. His research focuses on the functions of RecQ and Pif1 family helicases to maintain genome integrity. He also works on yeasts and fermentation in connection with the craft beer industry.

Dr. Francesca Berini, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Insubria, Italy. Her research focuses on the production of recombinant proteins by fermentation, using Escherichia coli and streptomycetes and characterization of hydrolytic enzymes from a genomic and metagenomic origin with potential application for industrial and environmental purposes, as well as improvement of antibiotic production in rare actinomycetes.

We would like to congratulate them on their excellent work and would further like to thank all applicants for their interesting and high quality contributions. We also wish to thank the Scientific Committee members for their evaluation of the candidates.