Michael Muller and Lydia Afman win Publication Award 2006

On 5 June, TI Food and Nutrition presented the annual patent and publication prizes. During the festive presentation Michael Muller and Lydia Afman were awarded a publication prize for Nutrigenomics: From molecular nutrition to prevention of disease, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

The criteria for the winning publications are originality of the topic and the research method, long-term applicability, and clarity of presentation and writing. According to the jury members, their task had been a difficult one, as the publications were all excellent. The authors of each winning publication and patent received a framed certificate and a cash prize.

Other winners were:
Eric Neyraud
, Thierry Sayd, Martine Morzel and Eric Dransfield for Proteomic analysis of human whole and parotid salivas following stimulation by different tastes, published in the Journal of Proteome Research,
Bas Teusink, Anne Wiersma, Douwe Molenaar, Christof Francke, Willem de Vos, Roland Siezen and Eddy Smid for Analysis of growth of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 on a complex medium using a genome-scale metabolic model, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The winners of the patent prize were:
Freddy Troost, Michiel Kleerebezem, Robert-Jan Brummer and Willem de Vos for Modulation of human gene expression by ingested microorganisms.