Awards – TAXON XX



Awards

IJSEM Awards

Endowment 200€ and certificate.

Awarded by the journal International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) for the best communication.


ASM Award

Certificate of recognition, payment of the subscription to the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for one year, and an e-book from the extensive ASM collection

Awarded by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for the best communication.

Doctoral Thesis Award

Awarded by the TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY AND DIVERSITY GROUP belonging to the SPANISH SOCIETY OF MICROBIOLOGY for the best DOCTORAL THESIS in the specialty defended in the years 2022 and 2023. Endowment of 500 € and certificate.

Terms

  • Candidates must be members of the SEM and of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group at the time of candidacy submission.
  • The period in which the Doctoral Thesis must have been defended will range from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023.
  • The award will be endowed with 500 euros and a certificate.
  • The awarded candidate must present a summary of their work for 20-30 min at the next meeting of the specialized Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group where the award will be presented. For this, the registration fee for the winner of the award will be covered.
  • The theses will be evaluated by a jury composed of members of the scientific committee coordinated by the President of the Group.
  • The documentation to be submitted by candidates will consist of a copy of the Doctoral Thesis, a document that certifies the date of defense of the Thesis, and a Curriculum Vitae.
  • This documentation in PDF format should be sent by email to Dr. Jesús L. Romalde (jesus.romalde@usc.es), President of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group, indicating in the subject “Doctoral Thesis Award Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity”.
  • The deadline for submission of applications will end on May 15, 2024.

You can find and download the complete terms here.

Award Announcement

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Francisco Salvà Serra has been awarded the Research Award in Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Diversity in its 2024 edition for his thesis Bacterial Whole-Genome Sequencing for Establishment of Reference Sequences, Comparative Genomics, Biomarker Discovery, and Characterization of Novel Taxa. Many thanks to all the participants.