The winners of the maiden edition of the Genomic Pioneer Awards were announced at the HUGO’s 13th international meeting on the Human Genome on 30 September, 2008.

The Genomic Pioneers Award winners are:

Europe: Dr. Sylvie Chauvaux, Asst. Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Asia-Pacific: Dr. Juergen Pipper, Senior Scientist, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnolog, Singapore.

India: Dr. Srikanta Kumar Rath, Scientist, Genotoxicity Laboratory, Central Drug Research Institute.

Announcing the winners Anu Acharya, CEO, Ocimum Biosolutions, congratulated all the award winners on their achievement and hoped that this would motivate many others to participate in the upcoming editions of Genomic Pioneer Awards in subsequent years.