Nominations are now invited for the 2010 Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Lecture Award. 

This annual award is open to scientists who have made a significant contribution in any aspect of synthetic, biomolecular or physical organic chemistry and ideally will have an independent academic career of between 8 and 15 years. 

The winner, who must be available to give the sponsored lecture, will also be invited to submit a related article for publication in OBC  (which will be subject to the usual peer review process). The award, open to anyone fitting these criteria, will cover various expenses incurred at the meeting. 

The 2010 award lecture will be given at the at the Directing Biosynthesis 2010 conference to be held from 15-17 September 2010 in Durham, UK (for further details about this conference please see the link below).

The winner will be selected from the nominees by a panel of judges, who will announce the result in early 2010.

We look forward to receiving your nominations. Nominations should consist of a name and brief explanation as to why the nominee should receive the award.

Nominations should be sent to the editorial office to the attention of the editor, Dr Vikki Allen. All nominations must be received by Monday 14th December 2009.

Previous winners of the award include Professor Wilfred van der Donk, from University of Illinois, USA and Dr Akimitsu Okamoto, from RIKEN, Japan.

Vikki Allen