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IDF Elie Metchnikoff Prize 2007, An initiative by IDF and its partners to celebrate scientific discoveries
The IDF Elie Metchnikoff Prize 2007 will be awarded in three categories to scientists or teams of scientists who have made outstanding discoveries in the field of interaction of lactic acid bacteria and probiotics in fermented milks and contribution of fermented milks to human nutrition, health and longevity. There will be one prize awarded for each of the following three categories:
  • MICROBIOLOGY of fermented milks including general advancement of microbiological, genetic and molecular biological characterization of lactic acid bacteria and probiotics, host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions in the gut, methods of identification and safety evaluation of lactic acid bacteria and probiotics; the research work should demonstrate or contribute to the function and role of microorganisms in the milk environment in order to produce healthy food choices


  • BIOTECHNOLOGY of fermented milks including new technologies and products and improvement of the quality and characteristics of starter cultures and bacterial concentrates


  • NUTRITION AND HEALTH including the role of milk products as natural source of active ingredients and ideal carriers for probiotics as well as the importance of lactic acid bacteria and probiotics in nutrition and health
It should be noted that:
  1. The award is provided for a specific discovery, or group of discoveries, not necessarily for a career of work.
  2. One prize will be awarded for the research outcomes in each of the three fields as identified above, including theoretical and practical achievements.
  3. The prizes should be given and will belong to the authors personally but not to the organizations where they work.
  4. The winner of each category can be either an individual scientist or a group of up to three scientists representing the same or a different organization.
  5. The status and value of the award will be equal for each of the three Prize categories.
  6. When awarded to a group of scientists, the Prize money should be equally shared by the winners.
  7. Members of the Award Expert Panel and Award Committee cannot apply.
To be awarded at the first IDF Regional Conference on Fermented Milks - Technology and Nutrition, Moscow, Russia, 17 May 2007