Molecules Best Paper Award 2012
Editor-in-Chief, MDPI AG Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland
Molecules 2012, 17(2), 1795-1796; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17021795
Submission received: 7 February 2012
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Revised: 8 February 2012
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Accepted: 9 February 2012
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Published: 10 February 2012
Molecules has started to institute a “Best Paper” award to recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of natural products, medicinal chemistry and molecular diversity published in Molecules. We are pleased to announce the first “Molecules Best Paper Award” for 2012. Nominations were selected by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in 2008. Reviews and research papers were evaluated separately. We are pleased to announce that the following three papers have won the Molecules Best Paper Award in 2012:
Article Award:
1st Prize
Sangmin Kim, Jae Hyuck Choi, Jong Bin Kim, Seok Jin Nam, Jung-Hyun Yang, Jung-Han Kim and Jeong Eon Lee
Berberine Suppresses TNF-α-induced MMP-9 and Cell Invasion through Inhibition of AP-1 Activity in MDA-MB-231 Human Breast Cancer Cells
Molecules 2008, 13(12), 2975-2985; doi:10.3390/molecules13122975
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/13/12/2975/
2nd Prize
Faustine Dubar, Jamal Khalife, Jacques Brocard, Daniel Dive and Christophe Biot
Ferroquine, an Ingenious Antimalarial Drug –Thoughts on the Mechanism of Action
Molecules 2008, 13(11), 2900-2907; doi:10.3390/molecules13112900
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/13/11/2900/
Review Award:
1st Prize
Masakiyo Hosokawa
Structure and Catalytic Properties of Carboxylesterase Isozymes Involved in Metabolic Activation of Prodrugs
Molecules 2008, 13(2), 412-431; doi:10.3390/molecules13020412
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/13/2/412/
We believe these three exceptional papers represent valuable contributions to Molecules and the scientific literature. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Molecules, we would like to congratulate these three teams for their excellent work. In recognition for their accomplishment, Drs. Jung-Han Kim and Jeong Eon Lee, Dr. Christophe Biot and Dr. Masakiyo Hosokawa will receive prizes of 1000 CHF, 500 CHF, and 500 CHF, respectively, and the privilege of publishing an additional of their choice paper free of charge in Open Access format in Molecules, after the usual peer-review procedure.
Prize Awarding Committee
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Derek J. McPhee
MDPI AG Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Natural Products”
Dr. John A. Beutler
Molecular Targets Laboratory, Bldg 1052 Rm 110 NCI at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Medicinal Chemistry’
Prof. Dr. Jarkko Rautio
School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Organic Synthesis’
Prof. Dr. Osmo E. O. Hormi
Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, P.O.Box 333, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland
Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board Member, Section ‘Molecular Diversity’
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel, Swizerland
Email: [email protected]
© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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