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Professor Frances Ashcroft has won the top award in the L?OR?AL-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards for 2012.
Professor Ashcroft is one of five women scientists from around the world, one from each continent, that will be named 2012 Laureates for their contribution to science at a ceremony in March.
The $100,000 award recognises Professor Ashcroft?s work in advancing understanding of insulin secretion and a type of diabetes that develops in the first months of life.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/111108_3.html
Professor Ashcroft is one of five women scientists from around the world, one from each continent, that will be named 2012 Laureates for their contribution to science at a ceremony in March.
The $100,000 award recognises Professor Ashcroft?s work in advancing understanding of insulin secretion and a type of diabetes that develops in the first months of life.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/111108_3.html