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.
Fermentation 2017 Travel Award
Winner
Michela Verni
University of Bari
Philipp Demling
Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University
Award Committee
Prof. Thaddeus Ezeji
Chairman
The Ohio State University
Prof. Christian Kennes
UNiversity of La Coruña
Dr. Daniel Cozzolino
University of Queensland
Prof. Antonio Morata
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Charles Edwards
washington state university
Prof. Dr. Flavia Marinelli
Dr. Mohamed Koubaa
ESCOM Chimie
Dr. Nicolai S. Panikov
Northeastern University
Prof. Dr. Johannes Wöstemeyer
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Winner
Heinrich Kroukamp
Dr. Heinrich Kroukamp, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia. His research focuses on the tailoring of yeast protein secretion to allow for increased production of industrially valuable proteins and expanding the su
Joana Resende Ortigueira
Ms. Joana Resende Ortigueira, a PhD student in Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) and the National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG), Lisbon, Portugal. Her research focuses on the evaluation of food waste and its valorization th
Winner
Matthew L. Bochman
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
Francesca Berini
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 fro
