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Young Scientist Award
The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for the ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2010.
Candidates should have made an original contribution to the field of feline infectious diseases and/or immunology.
Applications
Applications for the 2010 award should be submitted by 1 February 2010.
Details can be found in the following documents:
Previous AMYSA laureates
Jonas Wensman, laureate of the 2009 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award
The ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2009 was won by Dr Jonas Wensman (SLU, Sweden) for his work on the diagnosis of bornavirus infection in cats. At present, the tentative diagnosis of bornavirus infection (staggering disease) can only be made clinically by excluding other causative agents. The need for sensitive and specific diagnostics has led Jonas to help develop a real-time RT-PCR assay.
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Jonas Wensman, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) received the 2009 ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award (AMYSA) on 20 June 2009, on the occasion of the congress of the European Society of Feline Medicine, held in Cavtat, Dubrovnik (Croatia). At left, Jean-Christophe Thibault (Merial) and at right, Marian Horzinek (ABCD chairman). |
Hannah Dewerchin wins the first ABCD & Merial Young Scientist Award 2008
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The ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award 2008 was won by Dr Hannah Dewerchin (Ghent University), for her work on Feline infectious peritonitis, and in particular its interaction with the host cell, monocytes and its ability to evade the humoral immune response.
The first ABCD and Merial Young Scientist Award 2008 was presented to Dr Hannah Dewerchin, from the Ghent University (Belgium), on 25 September in Edinburgh, on the occasion of the congress of the European Society of Feline Medicine. |