Prizes

The Arditi foundation awards an annual prize of 5000 CHF for the best thesis in biology. The prize is awarded through the Section of biology.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates must have been affiliated with the Section of Biology, and should have obtained their PhD in the two years preceding the call.

PROCEDURES

The Section of Biology usually opens the call in May/June, with an application deadline in July. 

Candidates must send their application to secretariat-biologie@unige.ch in the form of a single PDF file including:

1. a Curriculum Vitae including the list of publications,
2. a motivation letter of the candidate outlining his/her professional perspectives,
3. a support letter from the PhD thesis supervisor(s).

The candidates should also provide a link to their thesis.

The selection committee meets in July/August and produces, in agreement with the Dean, a ranking of the 2 or 3 top candidates.

The Arditi Foundation decides on the final candidate in October.

The Prize is awarded in November at the “cérémonie de remise des diplômes de la Faculté des Sciences”.

Regulations of the prize: PRIX-ARDITI-These-SECTION-BIOLOGIE-2021.pdf

The Laemmli Prize is awarded for an exceptional thesis in Life Sciences in a field related to molecular biology. The prize is generously sponsored by the royalties of a patent endowed to Ulrich Laemmli’s former departments at UNIGE. The prize of 6’000 CHF is awarded during the Diploma Ceremony of the Faculties of Medicine or Science.

Ulrich Laemmli obtained his doctorate in the laboratory of Eduard Kellenberger at UNIGE in 1969, and returned to UNIGE in 1980 as full professor at the Departments of Biochemistry and of Molecular Biology. We owe Ulrich Laemmli numerous discoveries on the structural organization of nuclei and chromatin within the cell that have profoundly changed our view of the structure of chromosomes. To map the genomic interaction sites of chromatin proteins, Ulrich Laemmli and Manfred Schmid developed and patented the ChIC method (chromatin immunocleavage). Royalties of this patent were endowed to Laemmli’s former departments at UNIGE to promote young investigators in a field related to molecular biology.

Requirements

Candidates must have obtained a PhD in Life Sciences in any of the specializations recognized by the PhD School of Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science in the 4 semesters preceding the attribution of the prize.

Procedures

A call for nominations is sent out to members of the School at the end of the Spring semester. Applications from nominated candidates should be submitted in electronic format to phd-lifesciences-sciences@unige.ch and must include:

• Cover letter detailing the career outlook of the candidate (max. 2 pages)
• Curriculum Vitae (max. 2 pages)
• List of publications
• At least one letter of support from an external thesis jury member

Candidates are evaluated by a committee composed of members of the PhD School of Life Sciences at the Faculties of Medicine and Science and approved by the heads of the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Regulations of the prize: download PDF