Andrea Ablasser wins Eppendorf Award
Andrea Ablasser (credit: Eppendorf AG)
Professor Andrea Ablasser at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences has won the 2018 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators.
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators was first established in 1995. It is given annually to acknowledge “outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts”.
The Award is presented by Eppendorf AG in partnership with Nature and includes a monetary prize of €20,000.
Now in its 23rd edition, the 2018 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators has been given to Professor Andrea Ablasser at EPFL. Professor Ablasser is recognized “for her contributions to a key step in the innate immune response, which triggers a frontline defense when cells are attacked by microorganisms.”
“I am greatly honored to receive the prestigious Eppendorf Award,” says Andrea Ablasser. “The award recognizes the contributions of several gifted colleagues and students, who all took part in this long, but exciting research effort. We are fascinated by the fundamental mechanisms of innate immune recognition that enable defense against pathogens and hope that our research will, in the future, aid the development of new treatment options for human diseases.”
The official prize ceremony will take place at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on June 21, 2018.