2006 Press Releases
UCC Microbiologist Awarded Oxoid Pierce Prize
Dr Roy Sleater, a post-doctoral scientist at the Alimentary
Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), UCC has been awarded the Oxoid W H Pierce
Prize for 2006 by the Society for Applied Microbiology. This
highly prestigious award is presented each year to an outstanding young
microbiologist under the age of 40 who has made a significant
contribution to microbiology, as judged by the Society.
The award was first instituted in 1984 by the directors of Oxoid to
commemorate the life and works of the late W H (Bill) Pierce, former
chief bacteriologist of Oxo Ltd and a long-time member of the Society
for Applied Microbiology.
Dr Sleater delivered the 2006 Memorial Lecture at the Society's summer
conference in Edinburgh. The lecture was titled "Understanding a
Pathogen's Gut Feelings - the gastrointestinal phase of Listeria monocytogenes Infection."
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