20 of world's top women scientists honored in Paris for groundbreaking research in lif...( Paris March 2 2006 Today at UNESCO Ho...)

Paris, March 2, 2006 Today at UNESCO House in Paris, France, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman and CEO of L'ORAL, and Kochiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, presented the prestigous 2006 L'ORAL-UNESCO For Women in Science prize to five distinguished women scientists from North America, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Considered the "Nobel Prize" for Women in Science, the awards honor female scientists who are leaders in their fields. The 2006 L'ORAL UNESCO For Women in Science Laureates' have a combined 140 years of research experience that has major implications for global public health. This year's Laureates include :

• Professor Pamela BJORKMAN (USA), Laureate for North America, "For her discovery of how the immune system recognizes targets". Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena. Bjorkman is being honored for her lifetime commitment to decoding protein structures, one of the seminal accomplishments in immunology and a major step toward new HIV therapies.

• Professor Esther OROZCO (Mexico), Laureate for Latin America, "For her discovery of the mechanism and control of infections by amoebae in the tropics". Molecular Pathology, Experimental Pathology Department, Center for Advanced Research (CINVESTAV), National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City. Orozco's research discoveries have paved the way for the future development of a vaccine against Entamoeba histolytica, a parasite that infects more than 10% of the world's population.

• Professor Habiba BOUHAMED CHAABOUNI (Tunisia), Laureate for Africa, "For her contribution to the analysis and prevention of hereditary disorders". Medical Genetics, University of Tunis. Chaabouni has fought for over 20 years to get medical gentics recognized as an essential discipline in Tunisia, a country with a high prevelance of genetic disorders and one of the world's highest rates of consanguineous marriage.
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2-Mar-2006


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