Elizabeth Blackburn, Ana Belen Elgoyhen, Ada Yonath, V. Narry Kim and Lihadh Al-Gazali are the Laureates of the L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science 2008.

Elizabeth Blackburn (United States).

For the past ten years, five Awards of 100 000 dollars each, reward annually five outstanding women scientists from different regions of the world. With this year’s awards, 52 women from 26 countries have been recognized.

Ana Belen Elgoyhen (Argentina) to the left and Ada Yonath (Israel) to the right.

The 2008 International Jury, presided by Gunter Blobel, Nobel Prize in Medecine 1999, is composed of 18 members recognized by the scientific community. Professor Christian de Duve, Nobel Prize in Medecine 1974, is the Founding President of the Awards.

V. Narry Kim (Republic of Korea) to the left and Lihadh Al-Gazali (United Arab Emirates) to the right.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO partnership also includes a Fellowship programme allowing post-doctoral students to pursue their research in a host laboratory located outside their country of origin. They are worth a maximum of US$40,000 over two years and are also attributed to 15 young women, three for each of the following regions: Africa, Arab States, Asia/Pacific, Europe/North America and Latin America/Caribbean.

Photos © Micheline Pelletier

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