Pascale Cossart receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and — with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine — provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations.

This year, as announced on January 21, the National Academy of Sciences will honor 20 individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, social, and medical sciences.

Pascale Cossart, Professor at the Institut Pasteur and Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, will receive the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology for her discoveries on bacterial pathogens that benefit human health worldwide. This is the first time that a European researcher has received this award.

Established by the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology, the Selman A. Waksman Award is a prize of $20,000 that is presented to recognize a major advance in the field of microbiology.

The winners will be honored in a virtual ceremony during the National Academy of Sciences' 158th annual meeting in April.

• Press release : www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2021-nas-awards-recipients.html

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