2014

• Best PhD Thesis Prize ITQB
  Ana Filipa Rodrigues, Integrated functional genomics for improved manufacture of recombinant enveloped virus: transcriptional profiling and metabolic engineering of retrovirus producer cells. Supervisors: Wei-Shou Hu and Ana Sofia Coroadinha.

2012

• Best PhD Thesis Prize ITQB
  Cláudia Queiroga, Disclosing Carbon Monoxide Protection in Cerebral Ischemia – Insight into the cellular mechanisms. Supervisors: Helena L.A. Vieira and Paula M. Alves.

2010

• Best PhD Thesis Prize ITQB
  António Roldão, Production Optimization of Rotavirus-Like Particles - A Systems Biology Approach. Supervisors: Rui M. F. Oliveira and Manuel J. T. Carrondo.
• Best PhD Thesis of Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
  Leonor Norton, Expression of Antibodies and Retroviral Vectors from Defined Chromosomal Sites: Strategies towards Reliable Production Systems. Supervisors: Hansjörg Hauser and Paula M. Alves.