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SUMMARY:EPFL-WISH Foundation Lunch Event
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DESCRIPTION:Professor Jill Farrant\nOn September 23\, the EPFL-WISH Founda
 tion (Women in Science and Humanities) will hold the prestigious Erna Hamb
 urger Prize and Conference\, an event that brings into the limelight an in
 fluential\, leading woman who is transforming her field and executing chan
 ge.\nThis year to celebrate the 10th Anniversary\, the WISH foundation wil
 l welcome Professor Jill Farrant\, its first laureate of South Africa. Pro
 f. Farrant is a leader in the field of plant responses to water deficit st
 ress (drought/desiccation tolerance)\, receiving international recognition
  for her research. Her work on understanding the mechanisms employed by re
 surrection plants in order to tolerate desiccation has been fundamental to
  identifying genes of importance for improving drought tolerance of crops 
 through bioengineering. She was also the African/Arab States recipient of 
 the 2012 L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science one of only five scient
 ists worldwide who were selected by an international jury as "researchers 
 who will have a major impact on society and help light the way to the futu
 re".\nThe Equal Opportunities Office is very excited to let you know that 
 Prof. Farrant has also accepted to give a presentation of her research and
  career\, during an informal lunch with female PhD students and postdocs f
 rom EPFL on Wednesday September 23rd at 12h15 in room PAC88 of the Pavillo
 n A.\nThe event will consist of a presentation in English followed by info
 rmal discussions where you will be able to ask her any kind of questions. 
 Sandwiches\, coffee and cakes will be offered. The event will last until a
 round 13:30/14:00. Would you need to go to class prior to the end\, you wi
 ll be able to leave the room easily.
LOCATION:PAC88 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=PAC88.
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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