The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences will present the M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize to Eckard Wimmer and the Beijerinck Virology Premium to Michiel Pegtel.
The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize has been awarded to Eckard Wimmer of the United States. He is one of the most renowned and influential virologists today, and one of the founding fathers of modern molecular virology. Wimmer is a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
>The Beijerinck Premium (EUR 25,000) has been awarded this year to Michiel Pegtel of the Department of Pathology at VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, for his original work concerning the Epstein-Barr Virus. The Beijerinck Premium is awarded to a post-doctoral researcher who has conducted outstanding virus-related research at a Dutch university.
>The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Fund was established in 1965 in memory of Dutch virologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck (1851–1931), who discovered the virus. The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize is awarded every three years. Previous recipients include Robin Weiss (2001), David Baulcombe (2004), and Charles Rice (2007).
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4.00 p.m |
Welcome with coffee/tea | |
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4.30 p.m. |
Opening remarks by the chairman of the Science Division, Jos van der Meer. | |
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5.00 p.m. |
Presentation of the M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize 2010 to Eckard Wimmer, State University of New York at Stony Brook | |
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5.30 p.m. |
Reception | |