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Nicole Dubilier receives 2025 ASM D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research
The ASM D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research recognizes distinguished accomplishments in interdisciplinary research and mentoring in microbiology. This award honors David C. White, who was known for his interdisciplinary scientific approach and for being a dedicated and inspiring mentor. Each year, the prize is awarded to a researcher with a distinguished record of accomplishments in interdisciplinary microbiological research and mentoring of young scientific talent. This year, the awardee is Nicole Dubilier, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, and Head of the institute's Department of Symbiosis.
"It is a true honor to receive this prize because it is one of the few to recognize two contributions to research. The first is for scientific achievements, specifically interdisciplinary research, and I am grateful to the many past and current members of my lab for their invaluable dedication and hard work. The second is for mentoring, a part of being a scientist that I have found deeply rewarding, so I feel particularly honored to have my efforts recognized by this prize.”, says Dubilier.
Nicole Dubilier’s “accomplishments in microbiology are most deserving of this recognition!”, states Gladys Alexandre, Chair of the Chair ASM Subcommittee on Awards, in her letter to Dubilier. “Congratulations on receiving this singular honor! It is a direct indication of the regard in which your microbiology colleagues hold you.”, Alexandre continues. Nicole Dubilier will be presented the award at the ASM Microbe 2025 meeting in Los Angeles, USA, in June 2025.
Dubilier's lab studies symbioses between bacteria and marine invertebrates from chemosynthetic environments such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, as well as shallow-water coral reefs and seagrass meadows. Her group uses a wide array of methods that range from deep-sea in situ tools to molecular, 'omic' and imaging analyses to understand the diversity, ecology and evolution of chemosynthetic symbioses.
Dubilier moved from the USA to Germany as a teenager and gained her PhD in Marine Zoology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, she joined the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in 1997. Dubilier's research and teaching has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, and she is an Elected Fellow of several prestigious scientific academies. She serves on many national and international advisory boards, scientific councils and other commissions of trust, and is engaged in advancing gender equity in science.
The American Societa for Microbiology (ASM)
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(Text from the ASM Website)
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