Five brilliant young Spanish scientists have been awarded today in Seville with theL’Oréal-UNESCO research bags “For Women in Science”, for a total value of 75,000 euros, which will be used to support his research projects in Spain after completing part of his career abroad. The winners in the seventh edition of this program areresearchers in Life Sciences, have studied and worked abroad before returning to our country to continue their research, and are less than 40 years old. These scholarships are intended to promote recognition of the role of women in science andprevent brain drainso that Spain continues to be the ninth world scientific power that it is today.
The winners in 2012 are Laura Valle Velasco, from the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), developing a project of great medical relevance on thehereditary colon cancer; Gemma Vilahur García (Barcelona), whoinvestigates the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular diseaseat the Catalan Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences; Inmaculada Ibáñez de Cáceres, who studies the epigenetic mechanisms responsible for the appearance of resistance to chemotherapy based on cisplatin agent inlung and ovarian cancer; Irene Cózar Castellano, whose research focuses on the regeneration and proliferation of cells that produce insulin, as a possibletherapy for the treatment of diabetes; and Eva Poveda López (Lugo), who works in the field ofHIV / AIDS infectionand viral hepatitis in the Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Infectious Diseases Service of Hospital Carlos III (Madrid).
This national call for Research Exchanges formspart of the international programL?Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science”, created in 1998 with the aim of supporting women in science and recognizing the excellence of exceptional researchers around the world, not only endorsing and supporting their talents and careers but alsopromoting the scientific vocation among young women. In this seventh edition of the program, more than 200 applications have been submitted, double the number last year.
