Biomay Partner Ferreira Lectured at Austrian Embassy in Washington (July 22, 2009)

Dr. Fatima Ferreira, Austrian Scientist of Year 2008 and Biomay´s scientific partner, gave a lecture at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2009. Ferreira gave an overview on her research focuses on the development of allergy vaccines for birch, ragweed, mugwort, Japanese cedar and cypress pollen allergy.

The Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the Embassy of Austria invited Fatima Ferreira to Washington to present her work - using the US capital as a platform to communicate the work to the American public. Hosted by the OST, the event was held in cooperation with the Embassy of Brazil in Washington, DC. Over 100 scientists, policy makers, and managers in R&D attended the lecture.

Austrian Ambassador to the US, Christian Prosl, gave the opening welcome for the lecture, followed by Ferreira's introduction by OST Science Attaché, Philipp Marxgut. "In addition to being an excellent scientist and science communicator, Fatima was chosen by the association [Austrian Club of Education and Science Journalists] for inspiring female students and researchers to start careers in the fields of science and technology - still largely dominated by males - and also for being a wonderful role model for the ongoing internationalization of science in Austria," said Marxgut, noting that Ferreira is the first Austrian Scientist of the Year not born in Austria.

Read more: www.ostina.org/content/view/4205/1190/

(Vienna, July 22, 2009)