Pathogens is instituting annual awards to recognize the most outstanding papers in the areas of all aspects of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions published in Pathogens.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the first “Pathogens Best Paper Awards”. Nominations were selected by the Editor-in-Chief and several Editorial Board members of Pathogens from all original research articles published in 2013 or 2014.
We are pleased to announce that the following three papers were chosen to receive “Pathogens Best Paper Awards” for 2015. I congratulate all of the authors and thank them for their significant and important contributions to the field of pathogens. I also thank the members of the Selection Committee for their efforts.
Article Award
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First Prize
Eric W. Rogier, Aubrey L. Frantz, Maria E. C. Bruno and Charlotte S. Kaetzel
Secretory IgA is Concentrated in the Outer Layer of Colonic Mucus along with Gut Bacteria
Pathogens 2014, 3(2), 390-403; doi:10.3390/pathogens3020390
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/3/2/390
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Second Prize
Anthony F. Barbet, Basima Al-Khedery, Snorre Stuen, Erik G. Granquist, Roderick F. Felsheim and Ulrike G. Munderloh
An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans Is Caused by a Subset of Strains with Conserved Genome Structure
Pathogens 2013, 2(3), 544-555; doi:10.3390/pathogens2030544
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/2/3/544
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Third Prize
Philippe Gérard
Metabolism of Cholesterol and Bile Acids by the Gut Microbiota
Pathogens 2014, 3(1), 14-24; doi:10.3390/pathogens3010014
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/3/1/14
Award Selection Committee
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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Lawrence S. Young
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
E-Mail: L.S.Young@warwick.ac.uk
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Editorial Board Member
Dr. Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, Case 906, 13288 Marseille, CEDEX 09, France
E-Mail: gorvel@ciml.univ-mrs.fr
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Editorial Board Member
Prof. Dr. Moriya Tsuji
HIV and Malaria Vaccine Program, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Affiliate of The Rockefeller University, 455 First Ave, Room 747, New York, NY 10016, USA
E-Mail: mtsuji@adarc.org
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Editorial Board Member
Prof. Dr. Howard F. Jenkinson
University of Bristol, School of Oral and Dental Sciences, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LY, UK
E-Mail: Howard.Jenkinson@bristol.ac.uk
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Editorial Board Member
Prof. Dr. Jean E. Crabtree
Molecular Gastroenterology Section, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Wellcome Trust Brenner Building, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
E-Mail: J.Crabtree@leeds.ac.uk
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Editorial Board Member
Dr. Frank Lafont
Center of Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille-CNRS UMR8204-INSERM U1019- 1 rue du Prof Calmette, F-59021 Lille, France
E-Mail: frank.lafont@pasteur-lille.fr