Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Antibiotics 2020 Best Paper Award. All of the papers published in 2020 in Antibiotics were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Nicholas Dixon, have been selected.

Review:
Development and Challenges of Antimicrobial Peptides for Therapeutic Applications
By Charles H. Chen and Timothy K. Lu
Antibiotics 2020, 9(1), 24; doi:10.3390/antibiotics9010024.

Research article:
Antimicrobial Usage and Resistance in Companion Animals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Three European Countries
By Philip Joosten, Daniela Ceccarelli, Evelien Odent, Steven Sarrazin, Haitske Graveland, Liese Van Gompel, Antonio Battisti, Andrea Caprioli, Alessia Franco, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Dik Mevius and Jeroen Dewulf
Antibiotics 2020, 9(2), 87; doi:10.3390/antibiotics9020087.

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 (Swiss francs), an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a free paper in Antibiotics in 2023.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Antibiotics as well as thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Nicholas Dixon, Antibiotics

 
Antibiotics 2020 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Antibodies will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

17 pages, 558 KiB  
Article
Stability Studies of 16 Antibiotics for Continuous Infusion in Intensive Care Units and for Performing Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
by Guillaume Loeuille, Elise D’Huart, Jean Vigneron, Yann-Eric Nisse, Benoit Beiler, Caroline Polo, Gillian Ayari, Matthieu Sacrez, Béatrice Demoré and Alexandre Charmillon
Antibiotics 2022, 11(4), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040458 - 29 Mar 2022
26 pages, 1707 KiB  
Review
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Comprehensive Review of Currently Used Methods
by Ina Gajic, Jovana Kabic, Dusan Kekic, Milos Jovicevic, Marina Milenkovic, Dragana Mitic Culafic, Anika Trudic, Lazar Ranin and Natasa Opavski
Antibiotics 2022, 11(4), 427; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040427 - 23 Mar 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Nicholas Dixon Chairman
University of Wollongong
Dr. Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace
JMI laboratories
Prof. Jeffrey Lipman
University of Queensland

Winner

15 pages, 4947 KiB  
Article
pH-Responsive “Smart” Hydrogel for Controlled Delivery of Silver Nanoparticles to Infected Wounds
by Hanif Haidari, Zlatko Kopecki, Adam T. Sutton, Sanjay Garg, Allison J. Cowin and Krasimir Vasilev
Antibiotics 2021, 10(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10010049 - 5 Jan 2021
25 pages, 909 KiB  
Review
Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Important Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Pathogens and Novel Antibiotic Solutions
by Loukas Kakoullis, Eleni Papachristodoulou, Paraskevi Chra and George Panos
Antibiotics 2021, 10(4), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040415 - 10 Apr 2021

Winner

Charles H. Chen
Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Philip Joosten
Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Reproduction and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University

Winner

Eunice Ego Mgbeahuruike
Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Bernardo Ribeiro da Cunha
Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL); Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal

Award Committee

Prof. Nicholas Dixon Chairman
University of Wollongong
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