[Wigsat-l] Fifteen women researchers receive UNESCO-L’Oréal For Women in Science International Fellowships

[Sophia Huyer]

Fifteen women researchers receive UNESCO-L’Oréal For Women in  
Science International Fellowships
Paris, 4 March
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44704&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Fifteen women researchers from all over the world have received UNESCO- 
L’Oréal International Fellowships, awarded by UNESCO and L’Oréal  
every year since 2000, to support women’s research in the Life  
Sciences at the doctoral or post-doctoral level. The ceremony of the  
4th of March at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, recognized exceptional  
women, reflecting UNESCO and LOréal’s sustained commitment to  
encouraging talent.

Each of the 15 researchers has been awarded up to US$40,000 over two  
years to help finance her research, and will have a unique opportunity  
to pursue her studies at a renowned institution abroad.

This year’s International Fellowships have been awarded to:

Fina Kurreeman (Mauritius). Research project: Study of genes  
specifically associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Host Institution:  
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA).

Nonhlanhla Dlamani (South Africa). Research project: African  
traditional medicine used in the treatment of Kaposi’s sarcoma. Host  
Institution: University of Florida (Gainesville, USA).

Joan Munissi (Tanzania). Research Project: Antimicrobial compounds  
isolated from cultures of Tanzanian marine-derived fungi. Host  
Institution: University of Göttingen (Germany).

Marie Abboud (Lebanon). Research Project: Non-invasive optical methods  
for the study of biological structures. Host Institution: Université  
de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest, France).

Khadijetou Lekweiry (Mauritania). Research Project: Transmission of  
malaria in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. Host Institution:  
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Dakar, Senegal).

Rima AlBesharat (Syria). Research Project: Characterization of local  
probiotic bacteria for use in functional food products. Host  
Institution: Technische Universitat München (Germany).

Jingyi Shi (China). Research Project: Genetics of acute myeloid  
leukemia, a cancer of white blood cells. Host Institution: The  
Institute of Cancer Research (Sutton, Surrey, UK).

Yean Yean Chan (Malaysia). Research Project: Electrochemical DNA  
biosensors for molecular diagnosis of infectious disease. Host  
Institution: University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia).

Ishrat Bano (Pakistan). Research Project: Development of magnetic  
nanoparticles for use in drug delivery. Host Institution: University  
of Cambridge (UK).

Mareike Posner (Germany). Research Project: Study of the resistance of  
enzyme structures within organisms adapted to extreme conditions. Host  
Institution: Centre of Extremophile Research, University of Bath (UK).

Lydia Lynch (Ireland). Research Project: The human omentum as an  
immunological tool. Host Institution: Harvard Medical School, Beth  
Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (Boston, USA).

Ivana Pešić (Serbia). Research Project: Study and identification of  
urine proteins, a tool for the diagnosis and prognosis of renal  
disease. Host Institution: Georg-August University (Göttingen,  
Germany).

Paula Villar (Argentina). Research Project: Development of a computer- 
based model of the heart in 3D. Host Institution: Barcelona  
Supercomputing Centre (Spain).

Berta Gonzalez Frankenberger (Mexico). Research Project: Development  
of speech and voice processing in neonates and premature babies. Host  
Institutions: Sainte-Justine University Medical Center (Montreal,  
Canada) and Amiens University Hospital (France).

Cecilia Gonzales Marín (Peru). Research Project: Association between  
oral infections and medical complications in pregnant women. Host  
Institution: Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry (London,  
UK).
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