PREVIOUS WINNERS OF AWARD FOR MASTERS
In 2011, the Alpro Foundation awards for Masters was presented for the 4th time. At present, only the awards in the United Kingdom & Ireland has been presented.
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UK&Ireland: Lee Ashton (Leeds): "How well does a Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Index Score (T2DPIS), predict incidence of the disease in the UK Women’s Cohort Study?"
In 2010, the Alpro Foundation awards for Masters was already presented for the third time in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom & Ireland. The national winners in each country are listed here:
Belgium: Céline Druart (UCL): "Implication de la peroxydation lipidique dans l’établissement des désordres métaboliques liés à l’obésité".
with Dr. Franck and Mrs. Cathy Pirenne (Alpro Foundation BE)
Germany: Maria Wallert (Jena): "Biological properties of vitamin E metabolites on monocytes and macrophages”.
with Prof. Kurt Widhalm (Vienna), Prof. Sabine Kulling and Mrs. Silke Lammers (Alpro Foundation GE)
Italy: Viviana De Vergori (Milano): "Hypocholesterolemic effect of fibers and vegetal proteins".
with Prof. Sirtori and Prof. Arnoldi and Dr. Stephanie De Vriese (Alpro Foundation)
The Netherlands: Hadassa Jochemsen (Wageningen): "Homocysteine, cognition and brain measures in patients with manifest arterial disease".
UK&Ireland: occasionaly two winners
• Sarah VanDusen (Leeds): “Bitter taste sensitivity SNPs affect food preferences but not diet or risk of all-cause cancer in the UK Women’s Cohort Study”.
• Anna Hall (Sheffield): “Effect of Seagreens® enriched bread on energy intake and nutrient uptake”.
Amongst these 5 winners, Viviana de Vergori was selected as European Award winner and received an additional €2,500..
In 2009, the second Alpro Foundation awards for Masters were handed out in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom & Ireland. The national winners in each country are listed here:
Belgium: Damien Michotte (UCL): "Etude de la stabilité oxydative de l’huile de lin en présence de composés phénoliques naturels".
with Dr. Franck and Prof. Delzenne (Alpro Foundation BE)
Germany: Christine Schümann (Kiel University): "Influence of phytochemicals on cell viability and on the activation of the transcription factor Nrf2 – studies in murine fibroblasts in culture"
with Prof. Gerald Rimbach and Prof. Klaus Eder (Alpro Foundation GE) and Dr. Clarissa Gerhäuser
Italy: Cecilia Bolondi (University of Bologna): "Sulforaphane in vitro neuroprotection on neurotoxic effects of the β-amyloid fibrils"
with Prof. Sirtori and Prof. Arnoldi (jurymembers Alpro Foundation IT) and the Noble Prize Winner Prof. Luc Montagnier
The Netherlands: Ivonne Sluijs (University Medical Center Utrecht) Dietary Intake of Total, Animal, and Vegetable Protein and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC-NL Study".
with Prof. Sander Kersten (President Alpro Foundation NL)
UK&Ireland: Meaghan Kitchen (Leeds): "Process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school based fruit and vegetable intervention: Project Tomato"
with Prof. David Jenkins and Prof. Shewry (Alpro Foundation Board)
Amongst these 5 winners, Christine Schümann (Kiel University) was selected as European Award winner and received an additional €2,500.
In 2008, we have launched the first Alpro Foundation award for Masters in 5 countries, namely: Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom & Ireland.The national winners in each country received an award and €2,500. The first winners of 2008 were:
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Belgium: Rosemarie De Weirdt (University Ghent): "Anaerobic metabolism of glycerol by the colon microbiota"
Germany: Melina Claussnitzer (Technical University Munich) - "Effects of flavonoids on basal and insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake in adipocytes"
with Prof. Eder, Prof. Heseker, Prof. Widhalm and Prof. Rimbach jurymembers of the German Alpro Foundation Board
Italy: Sara Quadrini (University of Camerino) - "Quantitative analysis of Soyasaponins I and VI in lentils by SPE-HPLC-MS"
The Netherlands: Truus Van Woudenbergh (Wageningen University) - "Coffee consumption and coronary calcification"
UK&Ireland: Laura Ions (Newcastle University) - "The potential of soyabean isoflavones to mimic affects of calorie restriction mediated by Sirt1"
with Prof. Ian Rowland (president Alpro Foundation UK)
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Amongst these 5 winners, Melina Glaussnitzer was unanimously selected by the members of the scientific board as the European Award winner. She received an additional €2,500.
with Prof. Nathalie Delzenne (president of Alpro Foundation)