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Winners of the 2009 INRA Awards

Marion Guillou, President of INRA, opened the fourth INRA Awards ceremony on September 22, 2009 in Paris in the presence of Valérie Pécresse, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Marion Zalay, Director General of Education and Research of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Jacques Samarut, Director of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and President of the international jury, Claude Birraux, President of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices.

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The Agricultural Research Award for scientific excellence, attributed by an international jury, acknowledges the work and career of an internationally-renowned researcher who has made an exceptional contribution to the influence of agricultural research. For the first time, the award is conferred to an academic who works in a joint research unit which INRA is part of.

Economics for exploring possible future scenarios
> Michel Moreaux, 68 years old, professor of economics of the Université de Toulouse-Capitole, founder and scientist in the Joint Research Unit for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at the INRA Research Centre of Toulouse.

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The Young Researcher Award is attributed by an international jury as recompense for the work of a young researcher recently recruited at INRA.

Tracking down arabis
> Olivier Loudet, 35 years old, junior scientist at the Plant Breeding and Genetics Unit at the INRA Research Centre of Versailles.

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The Engineer’s Award distinguishes the remarkable contribution of an engineer to the development of research methods, the transfer of research results or to research administration.

Innovating cereals
> Joël Abécassis, 59 years old, research engineer in the Joint Research Unit for Emerging Technology and Polymer Engineering at the INRA Research Centre of Montpellier.

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The Research Support Award acknowledges the exemplary contribution of research technicians to providing research support.

40 years at INRA
> Jocelyne Olivier, 60 years old, engineer in the Joint Research Unit Plant-Microbe Interactions at the INRA Research Centre of Toulouse.

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At the forefront of progress in unit administration
> Laurence Le Maout, 45 years old, research technician in the Joint Research Unit for Forest Ecology and Ecophysiology at the INRA Research Centre of Nancy.

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