New podcast with Eppendorf Young Investigator Award
In 2009, Dr. Óscar (Spanish National Cancer Research Centre Madrid, Spain) won the Eppendorf Young Investigator Award for his groundbreaking research showing that endogenous DNA damage can through replicative stress (RS) lead to accelerated ageing.
(firmenpresse) - On the occasion of his visit to Eppendorf AG, Hamburg/Germany, in August 2010, he also met with Kerri Smith (Podcast Editor of Nature Publishing Group, London) for an interview In this interview Óscar Fernández-Capetillo speaks about his work and about the significance of winning the award for him and his colleagues.
Since end of September the interview is available in a podcast and can be listened to at www.nature.com/nature/awards/eppendorf/index.html
The Eppendorf Award
Until 15 January 2011, young researchers working in Europe who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply for the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. This highly prestigious prize was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts.
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators is presented in partnership with Nature.
The winner is selected by an independent expert committee chaired by Kai Simons (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany).
The award winner 2011 will receive
•a prize money of 15,000 Euro
•an invitation to the prize ceremony at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, Germany, on 25 May 2011
•an invitation to visit Eppendorf AG in Hamburg, Germany
•coverage of his/her work by Nature in print and in a podcast
Full details on the Eppendorf Award can be found at www.eppendorf.com/award
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About Eppendorf:
Eppendorf is a biotech company which develops, produces and distributes systems for use in all spheres of life science. The company's broad range of high quality products and systems is used by researchers worldwide to efficiently carry out their work.
The product range includes pipettes, dispensers and centrifuges as well as consumables such as micro test tubes and pipette tips. In addition to this, Eppendorf provides instruments and systems for automated liquid handling. Even a complete range of devices for DNA amplification for standard PCR or real-time PCR as well as systems for cell manipulation and electroporation are available. New Brunswick Scientific, Edison, USA, stands for expertise and top products within the Eppendorf Group in the field of cell growth, detection and storage.
Eppendorf products are designed for academic and commercial research facilities, but also for industrial companies in the field of biotechnology and in other sectors using biotech research processes. Innovative research approaches will call for miniature applications with an increased sample throughput for future diagnostics and therapy. This implies a trend towards automation and a level of reproducibility for which the company's high level of technology and expertise will be sought after on the market.
Eppendorf is represented in all important markets worldwide. Although the company is placing main emphasis on North America as the regional market, Asia has a high potential with dynamic rates of growth.
Eppendorf was founded in Hamburg in 1945 and has more than 2500 employees worldwide. The company has subsidiaries in 18 countries and is represented in many other markets by distributors.
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Datum: 12.10.2010 - 07:14 Uhr
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