FEMS-Lwoff Award

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The FEMS-Lwoff Award is given for outstanding service to microbiology in Europe. All fields of microbiology are considered. It is intended as a reward for a person or a group of persons, preferably working and residing in Europe.

The FEMS-Lwoff Award consists of a prize-lecture presented at a FEMS Congress, a medal, and an honorarium of EUR 1 000.

The FEMS-Lwoff Award series was initiated in the year 2000 at the occasion of the 25^th Anniversary of FEMS. It was named in honour of the 1^st FEMS President (1974-1976), Professor André M. Lwoff.

Left: Professor André M. Lwoff (1902-1994) Above: Frontside of the silver FEMS-Lwoff Award Medal.

The FEMS-Lwoff Award regulations are available in PDF

Next deadline
The FEMS-Lwoff Award 2009 will be presented at the 3^rd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists in 2009. The deadline for receiving nominations at FEMS Central Office for this 2009 award is: 2008 November 1.

FEMS-Lwoff Awardees

FEMS-Lwoff Awardee 2006
	Jorg Hacker Germany Prize Lecture:  Evolution in Microbial Pathogens. Venue: Madrid, Spain, at the occasion of the 2nd FEMS Congress. Date: 2006 July 6.
FEMS-Lwoff Awardee 2003
	Professor Sir David A. Hopwood United Kingdom Prize Lecture: Streptomyces Genes in Nature and Medicine Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia, at the occasion of the 1st FEMS Congress. Date: 2003 July 2.
FEMS-Lwoff Awardee 2000
	Professor Philippe J. Sansonetti France Prize Lecture: Rupture, invasion and inflammatory destruction of the intestinal barrier by Shigella, making sense of prokaryote-eukaryote cross-talks. Venue: Sevilla, Spain, at the occasion of the FEMS Jubilee (25th anniversary). Date: 2000 September 16.