Winners of the EU Prize for Women Innovators
05/02/12 09:37 AM
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Photo: Cellzome |
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To inspire and raise awareness of the need for more women innovators and entrepreneurs the Commission has rewarded women innovators who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to the market.
The contest was open to all women who have at some stage participated in the EU Framework Programmes. An independent panel of judges from business and academia has examined and selected the three winners. The first prize is €100.000, second prize €50.000 and the third prize is €25.000.
The first ever EU Prizes for Women Innovators were handed over in the opening session of the Innovation Convention the 5th of December by President Barroso, Antonio Tajani, Vice- President of the European Commission, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship and Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn
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Gitte Neubauer, Co-founder CELLZOME,
Vice-President Research Operations
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After graduating in Biochemistry at Imperial College, London with the highest marks of her year, Dr.Neubauer completed her PhD at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory working with Prof. Matthias Mann in the field of functional proteomics where she pioneered the mass spectrometric analysis of protein complexes. At Cellzome, she has been in charge of building and leading the mass spectrometry and IT departments before she was more recently made responsible for research operations and the setting up of the chemoproteomics screening facility.
Dr. Neubauer is the author of 35 scientific publications, including 11 highly cited research articles (over 100 citations). She is a member of the advisory editorial board of the journal Drug Discovery Today, a Director of the Board of BioPro Baden-Württemberg, an agency providing advice and support to the life sciences sector and also a member of the industrial advisory board of the Biotechnology faculty of the University of Applied Sciences in Mannheim. Dr. Neubauer is married and has three children aged 7, 10 and 14 years
Dr. Neubauer founded Cellzome together with a team of scientists and biotech veterans as a spin-out of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg in 2000. She applied her experience and know-how in proteomics to build Cellzome’s leading proteomics technology platform. More recently, she started the chemoproteomics-based assay development and screening group, to allow the efficient application of the technology to drug discovery. Today,
Cellzome employs about 100 scientists and it applies its world-leading Kinobeads™ and Episphere™ technologies to the discovery of novel drug candidates to treat inflammatory diseases and cancer.
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| 2nd Prize Winner |
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Fabienne Hermitte, Co-founder IPSOGEN
Senior Director, Resarch and Development - Regulatory Affairs
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Fabienne Hermitte holds a Ph.D. and graduated from the IFSBM in 1997 (IGR, Villejuif, France), and the INA-PG «Agro» in 1994.
Prior to co-founding IPSOGEN in 1999, Fabienne Hermitte worked for a CNRS-Rhône-Poulenc team.
After 6 years as CTO in Molecular Biology, Fabienne Hermitte is currently in charge of the R&D and Regulatory Affairs of IPSOGEN, being responsible for the Blood and Breast Cancer research & development programs, of external collaborations (ELN, COBRED, etc.), and also in charge of the relation with regulatory agencies (FDA, AFSSaPS) to register in vitro diagnostic tests.
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| 3rd Prize Winner |
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Ilaria Rosso, Co-founder ELECTRO POWER SYSTEMS,
Vice-President of IP Policy and Public Funding Programmes
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Ilaria Rosso holds a PhD in chemistry and is an expert in both fuel processing techniques and fuel cells.
Since 2002, Rosso has published several research and analysis papers at industry conferences and within international journals focusing on the chemical processes involved in hydrogen technologies.
Rosso helped start Electro Power Systems SpA (ElectroPS) in 2005 to transform fuel cell technology into a viable commercial solution for green power provision. ElectroPS, recently selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer 2012, has done much more than simply create new power solutions. It has developed the World’s only self-recharging, logistics-free backup power system that minimizes the mismatch in energy production and consumption by efficiently storing energy from the grid or when renewables are plentiful, and instantaneously releasing energy whenever renewables are weak or absent. As such, the system is able to guarantee a steady power supply to virtually any application, ensuring always-on power and connectivity. |
The Prize has been designed by the French artist Mireille Bailly-Coulange. A "Sculptor of light", she has created a new method for engraving Altuglas (acrylic glass). |
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