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Kadarkarai Murugan, Professor of Entomology, Bharathiar University, India. "Use of microbial insecticides for the control of fliarial vector Culex quinquefasciatus."

More information on the award winners can be found in the SIP newsletter (usually the November or February edition). The newsletter is available online for SIP member.

Stineke van Houte, Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University. "Protein tyrosine phosphatase-induced hyperactivity is an evolutionarily conserved strategy of baculoviruses to manipulate lepidopteran host behavior".

Bacteria Division:
Maria Christina Crava, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Laila Gasmi, Spain; Cristina Crava, Spain; Estefania Contreras, Spain

Diseases of Beneficial Invertebrates Division:
Eva Garcia-Gonzalez, Institute for Bee Research in the Molecular Biology and Bee Pathology Department (Hohen Neuendorf) in association with Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

Fungi Divison:
Alexis M. Barbarin, Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA
Tarryn Goble, Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nematode Division:
Tiarin Ferreira, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Virus Division:
Julien Thézé, University of Tours, Tours, France
Aurélien Chateigner, University of Tours, Tours, France
Jörg Thomas Wenneman, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany

First Place:

Eva Garcia-Gonzalez, Institute for Bee Research in the Molecular Biology and Bee Pathology Department (Hohen Neuendorf) in association with the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Second Place:

Henry Kariithi, Cellular/Molecular Biotechnology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Third Place:

Stineke van Houte, Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University.

First Place:

Julien Thézé, University of Tours, Tours, France

Second Place:

Amaya Serrano, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Third Place:

Hiroto Shinomiya, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Honorable Mention:
Diana Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut, Darmstadt, Germany
Honorable Mention:
Laila Gasmi, Spain
Honorable Mention:
Gillian Hertlein, Ruprechts-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany