Molecules Best Paper Award 2015

Molecules instituted some years ago a “Best Paper” award to recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of organic synthesis, natural products, medicinal chemistry and molecular diversity published each year in Molecules. We are pleased to announce the third “Molecules Best Paper Award” for 2015. The winners were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and selected editorial board members from among all the papers published in 2011. Reviews and research papers were evaluated separately. We are pleased to announce that the following eight papers have won the Molecules Best Paper Award for 2015:

Article Award:

1st Prize

Ulrike Endesfelder, Sebastian Malkusch, Benjamin Flottmann, Justine Mondry, Piotr Liguzinski, Peter J. Verveer and Mike Heilemann

Chemically Induced Photoswitching of Fluorescent Probes—A General Concept for Super-Resolution Microscopy

Molecules 2011, 16(4), 3106-3118; doi:10.3390/molecules16043106

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/4/3106

2nd Prize

Victor Alves Carneiro, Hélcio Silva dos Santos, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Paulo Nogueira Bandeira, Maria Rose Jane Ribeiro Albuquerque, Maria Olívia Pereira, Mariana Henriques, Benildo Sousa Cavada and Edson Holanda Teixeira

Casbane Diterpene as a Promising Natural Antimicrobial Agent against Biofilm-Associated Infections

Molecules 2011, 16(1), 190-201; doi:10.3390/molecules16010190

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/1/190

3nd Prize

Yasunori Yamamoto, Tomohiko Shirai, Momoko Watanabe, Kazunori Kurihara and Norio Miyaura

Ru/Me-BIPAM-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Aliphatic Aldehydes and alpha-Ketoesters

Molecules 2011, 16(6), 5020-5034; doi:10.3390/molecules16065020

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/6/5020

Sekelwa Cosa, Leonard V. Mabinya, Ademola O. Olaniran, Omobola O. Okoh, Kim Bernard, Shaun Deyzel and Anthony I. Okoh

Bioflocculant Production by Virgibacillus sp. Rob Isolated from the Bottom Sediment of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Molecules 2011, 16(3), 2431-2442; doi:10.3390/molecules16032431

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/3/2431

Abdelaaty A. Shahat, Abeer Y. Ibrahim, Saber F. Hendawy, Elsayed A. Omer, Faiza M. Hammouda, Fawzia H. Abdel-Rahman and Mahmoud A. Saleh

Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oils from Organically Cultivated Fennel Cultivars

Molecules 2011, 16(2), 1366-1377; doi:10.3390/molecules16021366

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/2/1366

Review Award:

1st Prize

Chad C. Eichman and James P. Stambuli

Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl Sulfides

Molecules 2011, 16(1), 590-608; doi:10.3390/molecules16010590

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/1/590

2nd Prize

Michael Oelgemöller and Oksana Shvydkiv

Recent Advances in Microflow Photochemistry

Molecules 2011, 16(9), 7522-7550; doi:10.3390/molecules16097522

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/9/7522

3nd Prize

Anna K. Jäger and Lasse Saaby

Flavonoids and the CNS

Molecules 2011, 16(2), 1471-1485; doi:10.3390/molecules16021471

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/2/1471

The prize awarding committee recognized the article “Chemically Induced Photoswitching of Fluorescent Probes—A General Concept for Super-Resolution Microscopy” as “….a good addition to the science of super resolution imaging both in fixed and in live cells” since it “….describes the fluorescence properties of five fluorescent proteins together with organic fluorophores and the reversible photoswitching properties of mEos2 was studied in more detail.” The review “Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl Sulfides” provided “…a useful adjunct to the library of C-S bond syntheses”, as “…it describes transition metal catalyzed synthesis of aryl sulfides” and “… some of aryl sulfides occur in biologically active compounds.”

We believe these eight 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 eight teams for their excellent work. In recognition for their accomplishment, Dr. Mike Heilemann, Dr. Victor Alves Carneiro, Dr. Yasunori Yamamoto, Dr. Anthony I. Okoh and Dr. Mahmoud A. Saleh will receive prizes of 1,000, 800, 600, 400 and 200 CHF, respectively, and the privilege of publishing an additional Open Access format paper of their choice free of charge in Molecules. Dr. James P. Stambuli, Dr. Michael Oelgemöller and Dr. Anna K. Jäger will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper free of charge in Open Access format in Molecules.

Prize Awarding Committee 

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Derek J. McPhee

MDPI AG, Klybeckstrasse 64, Basel CH-4057, Switzerland

E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Editor

Prof. Dr. Fernando Albericio

¹ School of Chemistry, Yachay Tech, Yachay City of Knowledge, 100119-Urcuqui, Ecuador

² Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

³ School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa

E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Editor

Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde

Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (FS), University of Mons-UMONS, Place du parc, 23, 7000 Mons, Belgium; E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Editor

Dr. John A. Beutler

Molecular Targets Laboratory, Bldg 1052 Rm 110 NCI at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA

E-Mail: [email protected]

Associate Editor

Prof. Dr. Maurizio Battino

Department of Odontostomatologic and Specialized Clinical Sciences, Sez-Biochimica, Faculty of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri 65, 60100 Ancona, Italy

E-Mail: [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

E-Mail: [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

E-Mail: [email protected]