Dr. Adéla Melcrová from the BBT department of the UMCG got awarded the Kluyver Award for an outstanding contribution to microbiology within 8 years after the PhD by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Microbiologie (KNVM). The award has a long tradition since 1963 and is given on average only once every 3 year to a single promising young researcher in the Netherlands. We at the BBT department are very proud of this achievement, even more proud knowing that Dr. Melcrová is only the 2nd woman ever to receive this recognition.
The prize is given to Dr. Melcrová...
...for discoveries in the field of antibiotics, membranes, and antimicrobial resistance. Check the original scientific papers here:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39726-5
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01873
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.27.684379
...for dedication to mentoring. Let's mention the awesome initiative Mothers in Science, where she volunteers for already a few years. Because mothers and women certainly belong to science too!
...for dedication to outreach, public education, and fighting mis- and disinformation. In her work for Zeptej se Vědce - Ask a Scientist, Dr. Melcrová follows the motto "No question is stupid!".
...for dedication to motivate the future generation of scientists and students via her blog Miss Biophys.
Have a small taste of Dr. Melcrová's activities in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNCxUw-MZE
