The Danisco Award 2008 goes to D.Sc. Barbara Ann Halkier from Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen

D.Sc. Barbara Ann Halkier receives the prestigious award for her excellent research into secondary metabolites, which are biologically active substances in, for instance, plants

		IMAGE: DSc Barbara Ann Halkier (left) is presented with the Danisco Award 2008 by Tom Knutzen, CEO, Danisco. Click here for more information.

Associated Professor, DSc Barbara Ann Halkier, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has been granted the Danisco Award 2008. She received the prestigious award for her excellent research into secondary metabolites, which are biologically active substances in, for instance, plants. In particular, her research has focused on biosynthetic pathways, regulation and transport of glucosinolates in cruciferous plants.