Award Winners

Forthcoming prizes to be awarded

2011

62nd Hellenic Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
7-9 December 2011
Eugenides Foundation, Athens, Greece

The winnner of the Biochemical Journal Best Poster Prize is Aggelos Banos

The title of his poster that won the prize is
"Mechanisms of stochastic gene expression"

IUBMB: Cell Signalling Networks
22-27 October 2011
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

The winnner of the Biochemical Journal Poster Prize is Maria del Rayo Sanchez

The title of the poster that won the prize is
"Modulating autophagic cell death by sumoylation of the nuclear receptor NR4A1"

Biochemical Journal Cell - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Dmitriy Shcherbo, Christopher S. Murphy, Galina V. Ermakova, Elena A. Solovieva, Tatiana V. Chepurnykh, Aleksandr S. Shcheglov, Vladislav V. Verkusha, Vladimir Z. Pletney, Kristin L. Hazelwood, Patrick M. Roche, Sergey Lukyanov, Audrey G. Zaraisky, Michael W. Davidson and Dmitriy M. Chudakov have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Cell Knowledge Environment contributing to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Far-red florescent tags fro protein imaging in living tissues

Biochemical Journal Disease - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Nagma Khan, Michael Jeffers, Sampath Kumar, Craig Hacklett, Ferenc Boldog, Nicholai Khramstov, Xiaozhong Qian, Evan Mills, Stanny C Berghs, Nessa Carey, Paul W. Finn, Laura S. Collins, Anthony Tumber, James W. Ritchie, Peter Buhl Jensen, Henri S. Lichenstein and Maxwell Sehested have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Disease Knowledge Environment contributing to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Determination of the class and isoform selectivity of small-molecule histone deacetylase inhibitors

Biochemical Journal Energy - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Jeo Yeun Oh, Niroshini Giles, Aimee Lander and Victor Darley-Usmar have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Energy Knowledge Environment to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Accumulation of 15-deoxy-¦¤12,14 ¨C prostaglandin J2 adduct formation with keap 1 over time: effects on potency for intracellular antioxidant defence induction

Biochemical Journal Metabolism - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Franklin Liu, Qing Dallas-Yang, Gino Castriota, Paul Fischer, Francesca Santini, Marc Ferrer, Jing Li, Taro E. Akiyama, Joel P. Berger, Bei B. Zhang and Guoquiang Jiang have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited article in the Metabolism Knowledge Environment to the 2011 Impact factor of 5.016.

Development of a novel GLUT4 translation assay for identifying potential novel therapeutic targets for insulin sensitization

Biochemical Journal Plant - Paper of the Year 2011

We are please to announce Lionel verdoucq, Alexandre Grondin and Christophe Maurel have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Plant Knowledge to the Plant Knowledge Environment to the 2011 Impact factor of 5.016.

Structure-function analysis of plant aquaporin AtPIP2;1 gating by divalent cations and protons

Biochemical Journal Structure - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Dr. Rabia Sarroukh, Professor.Vincent Raussens, Dr.Emilie Cerf, Shiori Tamamizu-Kato, Leonid Breydo, Sylvie Derclaye, Yves F. Dufrêne, Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Erik Goormagthtigh and Jean-Marie Ruysschaert have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Structure Knowledge Environment contributing to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Antiparallel β-sheet: a signature structure of the oligomeric amyloid β-peptide

Biochemical Journal Gene - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Patrick van Uden, Niall S.Kenneth and Sonia Rocha have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Gene Knowledge Environment contributing to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α by NF-κB

Biochemical Journal ChemBio - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Dr Dulal Panda and his colleagues Tushar K Beuria, Paraminder Singh, Avadhesha Surolia from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the ChemBio Knowledge Environment contributing to the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

Promoting assembly and bundling of FtsZ as a strategy to inhibit bacterial cell division: a new approach for developing novel antibacterial drugs

Biochemical Journal Signal - Paper of the Year 2011

We are pleased to announce Dr Dario R.Alessi and his colleague Juan García-Martínez from the University of Dundee have been awarded Paper of the Year for the Most-cited research article in the Signal Knowledge Environment contributing towards the 2011 Impact Factor of 5.016.

mTOR Complex 2 (mTORC2) controls hydrophobic motif phosphorylation and activation of serum- and glucocorticoid- induced protein kinase 1 (SGK1)

News Announcement from the University of Dundee

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Metabolism Poster Prize is Louise Lantier for her poster titled "Coordinated maintenance of muscle cell size control by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)"

the runners up prizes were awarded to

Faith Mayer for her poster titled "Investigating the regulation of AMPK and SNF1"

and

Inmaculada Martinez-Reyes for her poster titled "AMPK and GCN2-ATF4 signal the repression of the bioenergetic function of mitochondria required for colon cancer progression"

Translation UK: Post-transcriptional control - mRNA translation, turnover and localisation
5-6 July 2011
University of Cambridge, UK

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Poster Prize is Anke Liepelt

The title of her poster that won the prize is
"Post-transcriptional control of TLR4 downstram kinases"

28th Annual IPG Symposium: Plants for the Future
24th May 2011
University of Missouri, Columbia

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Plant Poster Prize is Saikat Bhattacharjee

The title of his poster that won the prize is
"SRFR1, a novel tetratricopeptide protein functions as a multi-specific suppressor of effector-triggered immunity"

Analysis of free radicals, radical modifications and redox signalling
18-19 April 2011 Aston University, Birmingham, UK

The winner of the BJ Energy Oral Communication Prize is James Turner

The title of the Oral Presentaion that won the prize is
"Assessment of oxidative stress in lymphocytes following exercise"

10th UK conference on Archaeal Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms
6-7th January 2011
Parliament Hall, St. Andrews

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Oral Communication prize is Laura Lehtovirta

The title of the poster that won the prize is "Ecology and physiology of Nitrosotalea devanaterra, an obligately acidophilic ammonia-oxidiser"

Annual Symposium - Recent advances in membrane biochemistry
5-7 January 2011
Robinson College, Cambridge, UK

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Poster Prize is Guia Carrara

Her title that win the prize is "Mapping the transmembrane topology of Golgi anti-apoptotic protein (GAAP)"

Proteins with a BPILBP/Plunc-like domain: revisiting the old and characterising the new
5-7 January 2011
New Business School, University of Nottingham, UK

The winner of the BJ Disease Oral Communication prize is Alexander Holweg.

The title of the Oral Presentation that won the prize is "Expression and function of Bacterial/Permeability Increasing Protein (BPI) during experimental infections".

2010

Bosche Annual Scientific Meeting - Cancer the Way forward
29th November 2010
Sydney, Australia

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Poster Prize is Meher un Nessa.

The title of the poster that won the prize is: "Combinations of Platinums and Phytochemicals applied to ovarian cancer cells".

Metabolism in Health and Disease:
The 35th European Symposium on Hormones and Cell Regulation
28-31 October 2010 Mont Sainte-Odile, France

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Metabolism Poster Prize is Louise Lantier for her poster titled "Coordinated maintenance of muscle cell size control by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)"

the runners up prizes were awarded to

Faith Mayer for her poster titled "Investigating the regulation of AMPK and SNF1"

and

Inmaculada Martinez-Reyes for her poster titled "AMPK and GCN2-ATF4 signal the repression of the bioenergetic function of mitochondria required for colon cancer progression"

Burnham Science Network's 2010 Annual Poster Symposium
19th November 2010
The Bahia Hotel in Mission Bay

The winner of the Biochemical Journal Poster Prize is Jochen Maurer

The title of the poster that won the prize is:
"Patient specific cancer stem cells - the future therapeutic target?"

ASBMB: 5th garvan Signalling Symposium
18-19th October 2010
Sydney, Australia

The Biochemical Journal Poster Prize has been awarded to Lahiru Gangoda

The Title that won the award is:
"Analysis of Sharpin Mutant mice and the role of Sharpin in the TNF superfamily pathways"

Chemical Biology 2010 (EMBO)
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
22-25th September 2010

The Biochemical Journal ChemBio Poster Prize has been awarded to Thomas Mayer

The Title of the Poster that won the award is:
"Small molecules approach to study cytokinesis cells"

Autophagy: from molecules to disease
Royal Agricultural College, UK
8-12 September 2010

The Biochemical Journal Signal Poster Prize has been awarded to Monika Mortensen

The Title of the Poster that won the prize is:
"The Autophagy protein Atg7 is essential for haematopoietic stem cell maintenance and leukaemia prevention"

The Biochemical Journal Cell Oral Communication Prize has been awarded Niccoló Pengo

The Title of the abstract that won the prize is:
"Adaptive Autophagy in plasma cells"

SALK: Meeting on Protein Phosphorylation and Cell Signalling
The SALK Institute, La Jolla, USA
18-22 August 2010

The Biochemical Journal has been awarded Michael Dacre

The Title of the Poster that won the prize is:
"An explosion of kinase signalling around the origin of multicellularity, and what it means for human biology"

RSC Carbohydrate Group Meeting
University of Dundee, UK
30th-31st August 2010

The Biochemical Journal ChemBio Poster Prize has been awarded Christian Ruzanski

The title that won the award is:
"Shuffling Sugars: maltose metabolism in leaves at night"

UCL Cell & Developmental Biology Summer Retreat
31 July - 1 August 2010
The University of Surrey, UK

The Biochemical Journal Poster Prize has been awarded to Anna Rubin

The title that won the award is:
"Properties of cortical GABAergic interneurons from the mouse forebrain".

Lysosomes in health and disease
13-14 May 2010
Charles Darwin House, London, UK

The Biochemical Journal Cell Poster Prize has been awarded to Samantha Hindle

The title that won the award is:
"Saposin Deficiency in Drosphila: progressive neurodegeneration and physiological decline"

International Symposium on the Pathophysiology of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species
19-21 May 2010
Salamanca, Spain

The Biochemical Journal Plant Poster Prize has been awarded to Ana Margarida Ledo

The title that won the award is:
"Endogenous Nitric Oxide governs Oxygen consumption in the rat hippocampus".

American Physiological Society Trainee Symposium
24-28 April 2010
Anaheim, CA

The Biochemical Journal Metabolism Post-doc Poster Prize has been awarded to Mélanie Gareau

The title that won the award is:
"Psychological stress and changes in the Intestinal Microflora Impact Memory in Mice"

The Biochemical Journal Disease graduate student Poster Prize has been awarded to Chang.G. Xiao

The title that won the award is:
"Loss of Sonic Hedgehog in the adult stomach results in foveolar hyperplasia and delayed differentiation of the zymogenic cell lineage".

Gordan Research Conference: Plasminogen Activation & Extracellular Proteolysis
14-19 February 2010
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express, Ventura

The Biochemical Journal Student Poster Prize for 1st place has been awarded to Loïc Doeuvre.

The title that won the award is
"Plasmin-induced release of neuronal microparticles: biomarkers of neuronal outcome and proteolytic messengers"

2nd place awarded to Ya-Wen Chen
The title that won the award is:
"TMPRSS2, a serine protease expressed in the prostate on the apical surface of luminal epithelial cells and released into semen in prostasomes, is misregulated in prostate cancer cells."

and 3rd place awarded to Brian Connolly
The title that won the award is
"Selective abrogation of the uPA-uPAR interaction in vivo reveals a novel role in suppression of fibrin-associated inflammation"

The Biochemical Journal Post-doc Poster Prize for 1st place has been awarded to Dimitrios Davalos

2nd place was awarded to Marguerite Buzza
The title that won the award is:
"Matriptase regulates epithelial barrier formation in the intestine"

and 3rd place awarded to Kim Baeten for her title:
"Activation of single-chain urokinase by platelet-borne palsminogen: a mechanism fo stimulation of fibrinolysis by platelets"

Revolutionizing drug discovery with stem cell technology
18-19 January 2010
GalxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK

The Biochemical Journal ChemBio Poster Prize has been awarded to Ole Wiskow

The title that won the award is:
"Efficient neural differentiation from mouse epiblast-derived stem cells (EpiSCs)"

Experimental approaches to protein: protein interactions
11-12 January 2010
University of Sheffield, UK

The Biochemical Journal Poster Prize has been awarded to Richard Hibbert

The Title that won the award is:
"Structure and specificity of Rad6/Rad18 complexes in ubiquitin conjugation"

2009

The 5th Joint Meeting of The Societies for Free Redical Research
Australia and Japan
1-4 December
University of Sydney, Australia

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Kohta Oyama

The Title that won the award is:
" A Unique activating mechanism of cGMP-dependant protein kinase by a nitrated derivative of cGMP"

Neutrons in Biology 2009
22-24 June 09
Lund University, Sweden

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Gergely Nagy

The Title that won the award is:
"Structure and Flexibility of the granum-stroma thylakoid membrane assembly of higher plants. Light-induced reversible reorganizations revealed by the time resolved small angle neutron scattering"

2ND European GTPase Meeting
17-21 June
France

The Biochemical Journal Young investigator has been awarded to Martijn Gloerich

The Title that won the award is:
"Spatial control of Epac1 by cAMP and rho signalling"

FASEB Summer conference - Lipid Signalling Pathways to Cancer
19-24 July
Carefree, Arizona

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Maria Soledad Sosa

The title that won the award is:
"The PI3K and Gbeta-gamma-dependent Rac-GEF P-Rex1 is up-regulated in human breast cancer and mediates Rac1 activation by ErbB receptors and G-protein-coupled receptors"

The Biochemical Journal Young investigator has awarded Joint 2nd place to:

Elena Rainero for her title :
"Role of Diacylglycerol kinase alpha in Rb-coupling protein-driven integrin recycling and cell migration on 3D matrices"

and

Verline Justilien for her title:
"Ect2 links the PKC?/Par? Complex to Rac1 Acivation and Cellular Transformation

26th Annual IPG Symposium: Root Biology
27-29 May 2009
University of Missouri

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Robert Kumpf

The Title that won the award is:
"Expression studies and overexpression phenotypes indicate a role in Arabidopsis root development for the IDA-LIKE peptides"

Phoenix 2009 Symposium - Protein complexes in signalling and development
25-27 June
University of Glasgow

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Alexandre Grondin

The Title that won the award is:
'Structure-Function analysis of plant aquaporin AtPIP2;1 Gating by divalent cations and protons'

Gordan Research Conference - Polyamines
21-26 June 2009
Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Oscar Perez-Leal

The Title that won the award is:
"The Translational Repressor of Spermidine / Spermine N(1) Acetyltransferase"

4th Intracellular proteolysis meeting: Ubiquitin-proteasome system, dynamics and targeting
Barcelona, Spain
27-29 May

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Karolin Eifler

The Title that won the award is:
"A Family of ubiquitin conjugating enzymes involved in plant cell death regulation senses oxidative signals"

Young microbiologists mini-symposium: microbe signalling and pathogenisus
21-22 April 2009
University College Cork, Ireland

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Natalia Tschowri

The title that won the award is:
The BLUF-EAL protein YcgF acts as a direct anti-repressor in a blue light response or Esherichia coli

ASBMB / Experimental Biology
New Orleans, LA
18-22 April 2009

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded for the best oral presentation.

Daryl E Klein for his talk on Structural basis for EGFR ligand sequestration by Argos.

and

John Steichen for his talk on Significance of activation loop phosphorylation in protein kinase A studied by H/D exchange and X-ray crystallography.

13th Tenovus-Scotland Symposium: Gene expression in development and disease
16-17 April 2009
University of Glasgow, UK

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Dr Christine Dufès

The Title that won the award is:
"Evaluation of a novel transferrin-based gene delivery system for tumour targeting"

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded 2nd place to Claudia Braida

The title that came in as a runner up is:
"Patients from an unusual family co-segregating myotonic dystrophy and Charcot-marie-tooth disease present with an imperfect CTG repeat allele at the DM1 locus"

Joint BSCB Spring Meeting and Biochemical Society Focused Meeting 2009
The Dynamic Cell
1-4 April 2009
University of Edinburgh, UK

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Helen Carstairs

The title that won the award is:
"A Kinesin-based Molecular Shuttle"

Focused Meeting - “Protein Evolution - Sequences, Structures and Systems”
Cambridge
26-27 January 2009

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Varodom Charoensawan

The Title that won the award is:
“Phylogenetic distribution of DNA-binding domains across the tree of life”

2008

Annual Symposium: DNA Damage: from causes to cures
Robinson College, Cambridge UK
15-17 December 2008

The Biochemical Young Investigator has been awarded to Dr Grant Stewart

The title that won the Poster Prize is:
"The Gene mutated in the RIDDLE syndrome regulates a ubiquitin - dependant signalling cascade at sites of DNA damage"

Actin Meeting 2008
8th December 2008
Bristol, UK

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Dr Sarah Woolner

The title that won the Poster Prize is:
"Myosin-10 and actin filaments are essential for mitotic spindle formation"

43rd Southeastern Regional Lipid Conference
Cashiers, NC
5-7 November

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Dr Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys

The title that won the Poster Prize is:
"Agonist-induced sequestration of 5HT2A receptors is PLD1 and PLD2 -dependant and prevents EGF -induced degradation of EGFR"

Molecular Biology of Archaea
University of St Andrews, UK
19-21 August

Professor Malcolm White presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Nuno Peixeiro

The Title that won the Poster Prize is:
"Global targets search for the DNA binding protein gp08 from the hyperthermophilic archaeal virus SIRV1"

POLYAMINES: Forty Years of Mammalian Ornithine Decarboxylase
Kuopio, Finland
26-30 June

Dr Heather Wallace presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Erin Willert

The Title that won the Poster Prize is:
"Polyamine regulation in trypanosoma brucei"

25th Plant Symposium meeting
28 May - 1 June
Columbia

Professor Jan Miernyk presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Chitose Kami.

The Title that won the Poster Prize is:
"Phytochrome Kinase Substrate (PKS) 1 and PKS4 Are Required for Hypocotyl Growth Orientation Under Red and Blue Light"

Gene expression and analysis meeting
26-28 March
University of Manchester, UK

Professor Stefan Roberts presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Susan Campbell.

The Title that won the Poster Prize is:
"P009 elF2/elF2B bodies and their control in translation initiation and cell physiology"

Third intracellular proteolysis meeting. Joint meeting of the INPROTEOLYS network and the UK Biochemical Society
Tenerife, Spain
5-7 March

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator has been awarded to Dr Petek Ballar.

The Title that won the Poster Prize is:
"P007 The role of a novel p97/VCP-interacting motif (vim) in ER-associated degradation"
Petek Ballar et al.

2007

5th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society
Patras, Greece
20 - 24 October 2007

Professor Bonnie Sloane presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Elizabeth Ponder. Elizabeth's oral presentation was said to be of an excellent standard.

Combio2007
Sydney, Australia
22 - 26 September 2007

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented by Peter Shepherd (Chair Elect, Biochemical Journal) to the following:

Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Miss Gurpreet Kaur, Monash University, Australia

Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
Ms Lauren Cowell, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Australian Society of Plant Scientists
Mrs Foteini Hassiotou, University of Western Australia

FASEB Summer Research Conference - Lipid Signaling Pathways in Cancer
Indian Wells, California
11 - 16 August 2007

At the August FASEB Summer Research Conference, the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award was presented to Mary Teruel for her poster entitled "Model Prediction and Live Imaging to Identify the PIP3-regulated Proteome from C. elegans to H. sapiens".

Mary received a cheque for $500.

European Biophysics Congress
London, UK
15 - 19 July 2007

At the European Biophysics Congress, the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award was presented to Teresa Neumaier for her poster entitled "Quantification of Melanoma Cell Adhesion to the Protein von Willebrand Factor".

Teresa received a cheque for £250.

FASEB Summer Research Conference - Lysophospholipid Mediators in Health and Disease
Arizona, USA
9 - 14 June 2007

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented to the following:

Susan Schwab for her poster entitled:
"Distinct sources of S1P promote lymphocyte egress into blood and lymph"

Mandi Murph for her poster entitled:
"LPA transcriptomic signature corresponds with improved prognosis in patients with ovarian cancer"

24th Annual Missouri Plant Biology Symposium
Missouri, USA
22 - 25 May 2007

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award was presented to Rafaelo M. Galvão for his poster entitled:
"Discovery of a new plant protein kinase and its involvement in the ubiquitin/proteasone system"

International BioIron Society
Kyoto, Japan
1 - 2 April 2007

Des Richardson presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Dr Alexandre Yersin for his poster entitled: "Transferrin-receptor interaction investigated by atomic force microscopy"

2006

ComBio2006
Brisbane, Australia
24-28 September 2006

The Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented to the following:

Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Miss Shyuan Ngo, University of Queensland

Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology
Mr Chad Heazlewood
Mater Medical Research Institute, Australia

Australian Society of Plant Scientists
Mr Christian Gruber
NMR-Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia

UK Gap Junction Meeting
Glasgow, UK
7 September 2006

Dr Dale Laird presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Neil Thomas.

QMB2006

Queenstown, New Zealand

29 August-1 September 2006 and

QueST2006, 1-3 September 2006

Deputy Chair Peter Shepherd presented six Biochemical Journal Young Investigator awards to the following:

Megan Bird, University of Melbourne, Australia for her paper entitled
"Regulation of PTEN by c-src"

Kristy Horan, Monash University, Australia for her paper entitled
"Investigating the role of the 72 kDa 5' phosphatase in phagocytosis"

Dominic Ng, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore for his paper entitled
"Stat 3 regulation of SCLIP and E-cadherin"

Markus Reschke, Max Plank Institute, Munich for his paper entitled
"Mig 6 is a negative regulator of Her family of receptor tyrosine kinases"

Alexander Tups, university of Otago, New Zealand for their paper entitled
"The molecular identity of seasonal changes in leptin sensitivity in hamsters"

Haley Bennet, Garvan Institute, Sydney for her paper entitled
"Co-operation between the docking protein Gab-2 and src in transforming epithelial cells"

18th International Congress on Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis: Proteolysis in the Postgenomic Era
San Diego CA
27-31 August 2006

Biochemical Journal Editor Sharon Stack presented Cyril Barinka, NCI - Frederick, USA and Pauline Marx, University of Amsterdam the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards at this meeting.

Sixth International Muscle Energetics Conference

Banff, Canada

22-27 July 2006

Mike Walsh presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Rosalyn Johnson for her poster entitled:

"Identification of a novel protein kinase A phosphorylation site, S449, on the delayed rectifier potassium channel, Kv1.2"

BioScience2006 - bioscience for the 21st century
23-27 July 2006
Glasgow, UK

Professor George Banting presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to
Dr Patrick Kiely for his poster entitled:

"IGF-I Controls a Mutually Exclusive Association of RACK1 with Protein Phosphatase 2A and B1 Integrin to Promote Cell Migration"

FASEB Summer Research Conference - Phospholipases
Vermont USA
8-13 July 2006

Michael Wakelam presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award to Akiko Kobayashi for her poster entitled:

"Novel interaction of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase gamma661 with AP-2 complex is essential for synaptic vesicle endocytosis"

Translation UK 2006
University of Newcastle
3-5 July 2006

Graham Pavitt presented the first of two awards to Stephen Moran, Oxford University, for his Oral presentation on "Mechanical explanation of RNA pseudoknot function in programmed ribosomal frameshifting".

The second award was presented to Rachel Allison, University of Cambridge, for her poster entitled "Characterization of the Vg1 mRNA localization complex during Xenopus Oogenesis".

12th Tenovus - Scotland Symposium
Stability and Regulation of Genes and Genomes
Glasgow, UK
6-7 April 2006

Iain Davidson, University of Dundee was presented the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award for an outstanding poster presented by a young researcher.

Biochemical Society Annual Symposium
The Cell Biology of Inositol Lipids and Phosphates
29 - 31 March 2006
Birmingham, UK

Professor Bob Michell presented:

Natalia Fili, Cancer Research UK, London the Biochemical Journal poster prize for an outstanding poster presented by a young researcher, for her poster entitled:

'Compartmental signal modulation: Ptdins3P levels locally determine morphology and cargo sorting in early endosomes' (N. Fili, V. Calleja, R. Woscholski, P.J. Parker and B. Larijani).

Dr Rene Jorgensen, a researcher in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada was awarded a Biochemical Journal Travel Bursary to attend the annual ASBMB meeting in San Francisco in April 2006 where he presented a poster entitled: "Closing the lid on the mono-ADP-ribosylating reaction mechanism by bacterial toxins"

Find out more about Rene's experiences of ASBMB here

2005

46th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids
20-25 September 2005
Corsica

Dr Paul Grimaldi presented the award to Dr. Safouane Hamdi, INSERM, France, for his poster entitled 'Role of phospholipase D2 in human leukaemic development'.

40th South Eastern Regional Lipids Conference
2-4 November 2005
Cashiers NC

Dr Sharon Schendel (Administrative Editor, US Office) presented the award to Talar Kechichian Medical University of South Carolina, USA, for her poster entitled 'Glucosylceramide is required for virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans'

30th FEBS Congress and 9th IUBMB Conference
Budapest, Hungary
2-7 July 2005

Carol MacKintosh presented the award to:

Ana O'Loghlen, University of Madrid, Spain, for her poster entitled 'Reversion of the hydrogen peroxide-induced modification of eukaryotic initiation factor 4F activity by N-acetyl-cysteine involves distinct signaling pathways'

FASEB Summer Research Conference - Lysophospholipid Mediators in Health and Disease
11-16 June 2005
Snowmass Village, Colorado

David Brindley presented the Awards to:

Nicholas Machesky, Ohio State University, Columbus, for his poster entitled: "Cytomegalovirus induced increase in sphingosine kinase activity is required for optimal viral gene expression"

Laurens van Meeteren, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, for his poster entitled: "Autotaxin: regulation of activity and role in development"

First Congress of the International BioIron Society
22-27 May, 2005
Prague, Czech Republic

Professor Des Richardson presented the award to:

Jaime Cheah, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA, for her poster entitled "Dexras 1 regulates transferrin mediated iron trafficking in the brain"

6th International Proteasomes Workshop
24 - 26 April, 2005
Clermont Farrand, France

The Biochemical Journal sponsored a Young Investigators Award at the 6th International Proteasomes Workshop, held at Clermont Farrand, France, 24 - 26 April, 2005.

The winner was Dr. Yuko Hirano, Department of Molecular Oncology, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, who was awarded the prize by Professor Didier Attaix.

Xth International Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plasminogen Activation Conference
9-13 April, 2005
Washington DC, USA

The Biochemical Journal sponsored a Young Investigators Award at the recent Xth International Workshop on the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plasminogen Activation Conference, held in Washington DC, USA, 9-13 April.

The winner was Erin Norris from Sidney Strickland's Laboratory at The Rockefeller University, New York, with her poster entitled: 'Modulation of the tPA/PAI-1 System by Stress'. Biochemical Journal Editor Sharon Stack presented the award.

Ninth ASBMB Annual Undergraduate Student Research Award Poster Competition Winners

At the ASBMB Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, 2-6 April 2005, the four winners were announced:

Katherine L Baldwin (Lewis & Clark College) The evolution of sphingomyelinase D within Loxosceles venom.

Professor Guy Salvesen, Vice Chair The Americas, presenting Katherine Baldwin with her certificate

Ronald L. Coleman (California State University, Fullerton) Expression of single chain antibody variable regions against the botulinum neurotoxin in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Yun K. Kwon (Lebanon Valley College) Conformative responses in E.coli GMP synthase

Jordan M. Newell (Lebanon Valley College) Structural organization in E.coli GMP synthase

Each winner received a certificate, a cheque for $250 and some Biochemical Journal gifts.

The number of posters presented this year was a record 118; they were judged by a panel chaired by M. Benore-Parsons, P.A. Ortiz, J. Provost and M Wallert.

The undergraduate students assembled at the awards presentation ceremony

2004

Young Investigator Awards presented at 39th SouthEastern Regional Lipid Research Conference, November 2004

Two Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented at the 39th SouthEastern Regional Lipid Research Conference held in Cashiers NC from 3-5 November 2004.

The winners were Preeti Subramanian, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University and Eric Lewis, Department of Biochemistry at Wake Forest University. Dr Sharon Schendel, Administrative Editor, Biochemical Journal US office, presented the awards.

Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award presented in Quebec

Three Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented at the Fifth Annual Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes GPCR retreat and the Club des Récepteurs à Sept Domaines Transmembranaires, held in Quebec.

The winners were Kevin Holmes, Robarts Institute, London, Ontario; Jennifer Bomberger, Michigan State University; and Celine Galés, University of Montreal, Quebec. Dr Richard Leduc, BJ editor, presented the Awards.

Awards presented at ComBio 2004

Three Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Awards were presented at the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ComBio 2004 conference held in Perth, 26 - 30 September 2004, for posters presented in the fields of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Plant Sciences; and Cell and Developmental Biology:

ASBMB:
Mr Edwin Wong, Department of Genetics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
P-type ATPase heavy metal transporter genes involved in essential zinc homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Professor David Day (ComBio2004 Chair) awarding Edwin Wong
All photography © Mark Stevens 2004

ASPS (Australian Society of Plant Scientists):
Mr Apratim Chakrabarti, RSBS, Australian National University, ACT
Identification of key regions in the tomato CF-9B gene involved in disease resistance and cell death response

Professor David Day (ComBio2004 Chair) awarding Apratim Chakrabarti
All photography © Mark Stevens 2004

ANZSCDB (Australia & New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology):
Ms Christin Down, Laboratory for Cancer Medicine, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and Centre for Medical Research, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Role of the Hu proteins, HuR and HuD, in the regulation of androgen receptor expression and activity in prostate cancer cells

Each award winner received a framed certificate, cash prize and other Biochemical Journal gifts.

Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award presented in Ontario

The Biochemical Journal sponsored a Young Investigator Award for a poster presentation at the 4th International Conference on Protein Kinase CK2: From Structure to Function and Regulation, held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 29 July – 1 August 2004.

The posters were judged by Walter Pyerin (Heidelberg), David Meek (Dundee), Brigitte Boldyreff (Odense) and Isabel Dominguez (Boston). They were extremely thorough in their analysis and selected Won Jun Choi, a graduate student in the Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago as the winner.

Won Jun Choi received a cheque for 500 US dollars and other Biochemical Journal gifts.

Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award presented in Montreal

157 abstracts were submitted to the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award poster competition at the Second Messengers and Phosphoproteins Conference, Montreal, 3-7 August 2004. Of these, 10 finalists were selected and invited to present their key findings to the judges - Dr. Angela Clerk (Imperial College, London, U.K.), Dr. Bruce Allen (Montreal Heart Institute, Canada) and Professor Mike Walsh (University of Calgary, Canada).

The winner was Nicole Verrills of the Children's Cancer Institute for Medical Research, Randwick, NSW, Australia, for her poster entitled: "Mutant G-actin confers resistance to tubulin-targeted drugs: implications for regulatory cross-talk between microtubules and microfilaments".

Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award winner announced

The Biochemical Journal sponsored a Young Investigator Award for a poster presentation at the recent FASEB Summer Research Conference on Phospholipases held in Tucson, Arizona, 17-22 July. Michael Wakelam, a Deputy Chair of the Biochemical Journal, presented the award to Sangderk Lee, from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Virginia, for his poster Cloning and Characterization of the Sphingomyleinase D of Loxoseles reclusa (brown recluse spider). He received a cheque for 500 US dollars and other Biochemical Journal gifts.

Biochemical Journal Poster Prize winner announced at ASBMB

There were 76 posters in the 8th Annual Undergraduate Student Research Achievement Award Poster Prize Competition organized by the ASBMB. The posters were judged by a panel chaired by P.A. Ortiz, M.B. Parsons, M. Wallert and J. Provost.