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Bart De Strooper receives prestigious $200,000 Alzheimer Prize
Date:2/29/2008

a very strong belief in the importance of fundamental research and the freedom of scientists to pursue their ideas. Along with Robert J. Vassar (Northwestern University, Chicago) and Philip C. Wong (the John Hopkins University School of Medicine), Bart De Strooper is receiving the MetLife Foundation Prize 2008. Each of them will receive USD 200,000.

Sibyl Jacobson, President of MetLife Foundation:

These awards are an investment in the future. Scientists represent our best hope for one day finding the causes and treatments for Alzheimers. We thank the awardees for their important contributions to the understanding of Alzheimers and commend their continued dedication to scientific research.

Bart De Strooper is delighted with the honor:

All the great names in Alzheimer research − scientists Ive always looked up to − are on the MetLife Award list. I am very pleased and proud that my contribution to curing this disease is judged to be at that level, and this assessment has been made by my colleagues in the field itself.


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