2008/2011 SPLC-CRS Best PhD Thesis Award
Dr. Ainhoa Murua Ugarte

The 2008/2011 SPLC-CRS Best PhD Thesis Award was given to Dr. Ainhoa Murua Ugarte from the University of the Basque Country, Spain, for her thesis entitled "Cell microencapsulation for therapeutic purposes: towards greater control over biocompatibility". The prize consisted of a certificate and the registration fee for the 39th Annual Meeting & Exposition of the Controlled Release Society (July 2012, Quebec City, Canada).