Best thesis award - "Pauline van Wachem award"
Call for nominations for the "Pauline van Wachem award" for the best thesis in biomaterials and tissue engineering research in The Netherlands.
Dr. Pauline van Wachem has been one of the founders of research on cell-biomaterial interaction in The Netherlands, and her expertise has provided a strong basis for the research performed in the field of the Biomaterial Research at Groningen University. Pauline passed away as a result of cancer on December 2, 2001.
In honour of Pauline, we will again award the "Pauline van Wachem award" for the best thesis in biomaterials research and tissue engineering in The Netherlands. All theses defended between 1 September 2007 and 1 September 2009 are invited to apply.
The award winner will be announced at the annual NBTE meeting December 2009, during which meeting he/she will receive the award.
Former awardees:
1999 Raymond Zeeman
2001 Alma Kuijpers
2003 Daan Saris
2005 Maria Liu
2007 Patricia Dankers
To apply, please send a request email to Dr. Jan de Boer, secretary of the NBTE (j.deboer@tnw.utwente.nl) for further information.
