Company awards scientists in human microbiota and animal nutrition and celebrates IFF Scientist Philippe Horvath's induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame®
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IFF (NYSE: IFF)—an industry leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and scent—this week will celebrate groundbreaking achievements in science excellence. Dr. Filip Van Immerseel and Dr. Jack A. Gilbert will receive the IFF Science and Microbiome Science Awards, for their research advancements in the fields of animal nutrition & health and microbiome.[1] Additionally, IFF scientist Dr. Philippe Horvath is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) on Oct. 26 for his seminal research on CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) that helped revolutionize the gene editing field.
"At IFF, we believe honoring scientific excellence from our scientists and academics is a great tribute to our heritage of innovation," said Dr. Casper Vroemen, executive vice president, chief R&D and sustainability officer, IFF. "On behalf of the IFF scientific community, I'm proud to celebrate three renowned scientists who are pushing the limits of science to create a better world."
The honorees:
"I believe that our work on CRISPR represents our (IFF's) most significant discovery," said Horvath. "While I'm engaged in various patents and inventions, the CRISPR portfolio stands out as the most valuable, in my opinion, in terms of how biotechnology can change the world."
IFF's purpose is applying science and creativity for a better world, and it employs more than 3,000 scientists across more than 50 research centers and holds nearly 9,000 active patents.
[1] The Danisco Foundation funds the IFF Science and Microbiome Awards. Established in 1981, the Danisco Foundation provides grants to support food science, nutrition and health research. |
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