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Prion Institute announces International Young Researcher Prize
Media Release
March 23, 2010
Prion Institute announces International Young Researcher Prize
Edmonton…The Alberta Prion Research Institute is recognizing young researchers in prion science by offering a one-time $25,000 prize to be awarded in 2010. The International Young Researcher Prize marks five years since the Prion Institute was created to address issues to do with prion and neurological protein misfolding diseases.
“There is prion and protein misfolding work being done around the globe, and hundreds of up-and-coming researchers are contributing to the collective knowledge,” said Dr. Kevin Keough, APRI’s Executive Director. “This prize is a celebration of that work.”
The prize will be awarded to a principal investigator of an original research project in the area of prions or protein misfolding, which has been published in a paper in peer-reviewed literature within the last five years. Details on eligibility and submissions of the International Young Researcher Prize are available at www.prioninstitute.ca.
More than 100 students and post-doctoral researchers have been funded within 45 Prion Institute projects worth more than $30 million in the last five years.
The Alberta Prion Research Institute is part of Alberta Innovates – Bio Solutions, the key component of the Government of Alberta’s innovation framework that supports the agricultural, forestry and associated industries by setting strategic direction for research in Alberta. For more information on Alberta Innovates, visit www.albertainnovates.ca.
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Media inquiries may be directed to:
Rosemary Malowany, Director of Communications
Alberta Prion Research Institute
Phone: 780-702-2724
Email: rosemary.malowany@albertainnovates.ca
