[2017-05-02] The Spanish Society for Microbiology (SEM) awarded MIMS group leader Felipe Cava as best microbiologist in Spain for 2017. The Jaime Ferran Prize is the most prestigious recognition to a microbiologist in Spain, and is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding achievements in microbiology. The Federal European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) highlighted the awardee in a Spotlight interview on the 28 April 2017.
The prize is called after the Spanish physician Jaime Ferran who developed the first cholera vaccine in 1885. It consists of € 2000 and Felipe Cava is also invited to talk at the closing ceremony of the FEM congress in July this year.
Link to the FEMS spotlight about Felipe Cava (17-04-28)
Link to the FEMS 2017 Congress of European Microbiologists, July 9-13, Valencia, Spain
Link to the webpage of the Cava lab at MIMS
Link to the webpage of the Cava lab's own website
(picture: Elin Berge)
