To recognize the most outstanding papers in the area of research, development and production of drugs from the sea, including marine natural product chemistry, that have been published in Marine Drugs, we would like to start an annual “Best Paper Award”.
We are therefore pleased to announce the first “Marine Drugs Best Paper Award” for 2013. Nominations were selected by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors of Marine Drugs from all papers published in 2009; reviews and articles being evaluated separately. The following three papers have won this award:
Article Award:
First Prize
Jason C. Kwan, Kanchan Taori, Valerie J. Paul and Hendrik Luesch *
Lyngbyastatins 8–10, Elastase Inhibitors with Cyclic Depsipeptide Scaffolds Isolated from the Marine Cyanobacterium Lyngbya semiplena
Mar. Drugs 2009, 7(4), 528-538; doi:10.3390/md7040528
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/4/528
Second Prize
Sigrid Hakvåg, Espen Fjærvik, Geir Klinkenberg, Sven Even F. Borgos, Kjell D. Josefsen, Trond E. Ellingsen and Sergey B. Zotchev *
Violacein-Producing Collimonas sp. from the Sea Surface Microlayer of Coastal Waters in Trøndelag, Norway
Mar. Drugs 2009, 7(4), 576-588; doi:10.3390/md7040576
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/4/576
Review Award:
First Prize
Barbara Forte, Beatrice Malgesini, Claudia Piutti, Francesca Quartieri, Alessandra Scolaro and Gianluca Papeo *
A Submarine Journey: The Pyrrole-Imidazole Alkaloids
Mar. Drugs 2009, 7(4), 705-753; doi:10.3390/md7040705
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/4/705
We believe these three exceptional papers are valuable contributions to Marine Drugs and drug discovery research. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Marine Drugs, we would like to congratulate these three teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishment, Dr. Hendrik Luesch and Dr. Sergey B. Zotchev will receive a prize of 600 CHF and 400 CHF, respectively, and the privilege to publish an additional paper free of charge in open access format in Marine Drugs, after the usual peer-review procedure. Dr. Gianluca Papeo will also be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper free of charge in open access format in Marine Drugs, after the usual peer-review procedure.
Prize Awarding Committee
- Editor-in-ChiefProf. Dr. Hartmut LaatschInstitute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 2, D-37077 Göttingen, GermanyE-Mail: hlaatsc@gwdg.de
- Associate EditorProf. Dr. Guido CiminoIstituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (CNR) Via Campi Flegrei, 84, I-80078 Pozzuoli Napoli, ItalyE-Mail: guido.cimino@icb.cnr.it
- Associate EditorProf. Dr. Jordan K. ZjawionyDepartment of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS 38677, USAE-Mail: jordan@olemiss.edu
- Associate EditorProf. Dr. Nobuhiro FusetaniGraduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, JapanE-Mail: anobu@fish.hokudai.ac.jp
- Associate EditorProf. Dr. Alejandro M. MayerProfessor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, CCOM, Midwestern University, 555 31st. Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USAE-Mail: amayer@midwestern.edu
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