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DuPont Ibérica delivers the 14th DuPont science award to Sergio Moreno

02/02/2005

on February 2, 2005

DuPont presented on January 27, in the Hotel Reconquista in Oviedo, the 14th award DuPont science. On this occasion, the award has gone to the Doctor Sergio Moreno, whom the jury wanted to recognize their great contributions in the field of control of the cell cycle. At the ceremony, presided by the President of the Principality, Vicente Álvarez Areces, attended prominent personalities from the scientific, political and business area of Asturias, as the President of the General Board of the Principality, Doña María Jesús Álvarez, President of the General Board of the Principality of Asturias. In this edition of the award, DuPont has had the honour of having among its guests Salvador Delgado Ordóñez, Secretary of State for universities of the Ministry of education and science, as well as the Vice-President of science and technique of the Higher Council of scientific research (CSIC).

The President of the Principality, Vicente Álvarez Areces, expressed appreciation for the continued support of DuPont for the dissemination of science through initiatives like the own prize, as well as the exchange of experience and information have had during these days those responsible for European and global DuPont technology with different Asturian institutions under the tutelage of Herminio SastreDeputy Minister of science and technology in the Principality.

The winner in this 14th edition, Dr. Sergio Moreno, thanked the patronage of DuPont by their support for science and the merit of his research was extended to his team and his mentor, the medicine Nobel Laureate Paul Nurse awardunder whose tutelage he worked for 7 years.