Top Czech Science Honor Won By UAB Microbiologist

Jiri Mestecky, M.D., Ph.D, a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor of microbiology and medicine, has been awarded the 2007 Czech Mind prize.The annual award is the highest scientific honor in the Czech Republic, and recipients often include Czech nationals working in other countries.Mestecky came to UAB in 1967 and continues to research and teach about the microbial environment of the gut, mouth and mucosal membranes. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on January 2nd, 2008