Dear Colleagues,
As the Editors-in-Chief of Cells, it is our great pleasure to announce the winner of the Cells 2021 PhD Thesis Award. This prize was aimed to be awarded to a PhD student who is about to graduate or participate in their graduation defense.
The award has been granted to:
“Microbial Activators of the Inflammasome”
By Anukriti Mathur, Australian National University, Australia.
The winner will receive CHF 800 and a certificate.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, we congratulate the winner on her accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups in the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Cells, and to thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Prof. Dr. Cord Brakebusch
Editors-in-Chief, Cells
Cells 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award
Winner
David Sánchez Porras
University of Granada, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Winner
Oguzhan Begik
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Dr. Roger Schneiter
University of Fribourg
Dr. Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Fulvio Reggiori
University Medical center Groningen
Winner
Anukriti Mathur
Australian National University, Australia
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairman
University of Minnesota
Prof. Mark R. Wilson
University of Wollongong
Prof. Fulvio Reggiori
University Medical center Groningen
Prof. Dr. Ziv Gil
Holy Family Hospital Nazareth
Dr. Pablo García de Frutos
Prof. Christian Münz
University of Zürich
Prof. Natascia Tiso
Department of Biology - University of Padova
Prof. Dr. R. Martin Vabulas
Dr. Alessandro Poggi
Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Dr. Christian Dani
Institut Biology Valrose, INSERM/CNRS/UCA