L'Oréal Polska grants For Women in Science Awards
For the tenth time, L'Oreal Polska for Women in Science with support from the Polish Committee for UNESCO presented awards to five Polish women researchers.
The jury chaired by Prof. Ewa Łojkowska gave doctoral awards in the
amount of PLN 25 thousand to Anna Kozieracka, Magdalena Lebiedzińska,
and Aleksandra Maruszak. Postdoctoral awards in the amount of PLN 30
thousand were given to Dr. Beata Pająk and Dr. Joanna Saluk-Juszczak.
Awards were presented in the categories of medicine, biochemistry,
genetics and medical biology.
Anna Kozieradzka works in the Department of Cardiology, Medical
University of Białystok. The jury honoured her for her work in the field
of medicine "Factors affecting the 5-year prognosis of patients with
invasively treated myocardial infarction".
Magdalena Lebiedzińska
from the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biological Membranes
Department of Biochemistry, M. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology
PAS in Warsaw was awarded for her biochemistry work "The role of p66Shc
protein in oxidative stress associated with aging and mitochondrial
dysfunction".
Aleksandra Maruszak from the Clinical and Research
Team of Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System, M.
Mossakowski Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine PAS in
Warsaw received the award in the category of genetics for her work "The
analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation and selected nuclear genes in
patients with Alzheimer's disease".
Postdoctoral grant winner Dr.
Beata Pająk from the Department of Cell Ultrastructure M. Mossakowski
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine PAS in Warsaw was
awarded for work in the field of medical biology. The jury honoured the
work "Modulation of signaling pathways as a tool to eliminate cancer
cells".
The second postdoctoral winner, Dr Joanna Juszczak Saluk
from the Department of General Biochemistry, University of Łódź received
the award for her work "Protection of platelets by exogenous
antioxidants in oxidative stress induced by inflammation". It was
granted in the field of biochemistry.
Polish branch of L'Oréal
has been awarding researchers for 10 years. Each year the program
selects young talents, whose example is to encourage next generations to
undertake research. Maria Majdrowicz, Director of Corporate
Communications L'Oreal Polska pointed out that the laureates take great
research challenges in the fields including medicine, biotechnology,
biology. "Through its program, L'Oréal would like to express
appreciation for their achievements and encourage them to continue to
work towards the development of science" - said Maria Majdrowicz.
To
date, fifty women researchers have received the awards. They conduct
research in Białystok, Gdańsk, Gliwice, Katowice, Lublin, Łódź, Poznań,
Szczecin, Toruń, Warsaw and Wrocław.
The condition for
participating in the competition, for both PhD students (age limit 35
years) and postdoctoral students (age limit 45 years), is being at the
final stage of research work. Nominations are evaluated by the jury of
eleven. It is composed of Polish academic life authorities.
"The
awards of L'Oréal Polska for Women in Science with support from the
Polish Committee for UNESCO are a local initiative. The source of
inspiration was the agreement signed in Paris between the Group of
L'Oréal and UNESCO +For Women in Science+. Under the agreement, each
year in Paris UNESCO headquarters, outstanding young women scientists
and PhD students from five continents receive financial awards and
fellowships" - said Maria Majdrowicz.
Over 12 years the prizes
were awarded to 67 outstanding women researchers from 30 countries and
165 young women from 81 countries received international fellowships.
Local Polish program has become a model for other countries. Currently
it is conducted by tens of L'Oréal branches. (PAP)
last modification: 2011-01-05
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