The three PathoGenoMics Awards were presented by Prof. Eliora Ron, FEMS president, during the 2nd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, 4th to 8th July 2006 in Madrid, Spain. The award recipients gave a short presentation of their PhD work.

Winners of PathoGenoMics PhD Award 2006:	Dr. Alejandro Toledo Arana, Spain
Dr. Verena Grimm, Germany
	Dr. Damien Portevin, France