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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Cesar Augusto Roque Borda
São Paulo State University (UNESP)
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Prof. Da-Zhi Wang
Xiamen University
Dr. Alicia Rodríguez
University of Extremadura
Prof. Allan Cembella
Alfred Wegener Institute
Dr. Clifford Lingwood
Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Christoph Kamm
University of Rostock
Dr. Didier Cabanes
i3S
Dr. Sandra Sousa
IBMC-I3S VAT PT503828360
Winner
Mercedes Taroncher Ruiz
Faculty of Pharmacy, university of Valencia, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
Dr. Marc Maresca
Aix Marseille University
Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
University of Tennessee
Dr. Jacob Galan
University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Winner
Karoline Sanches
Monash University
Iman Mehdizadeh Gohari
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Award Committee
Prof. Jay William Fox
Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
