Biomolecules 2022, 12(2), 251; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12020251 - 3 Feb 2022
Best Paper Award
The Biomolecules Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose four articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– Two research articles and two reviews will be selected.
– The first prize winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher granting a full discount on the article processing charge (valid for one year).
- The second prize winner will receive CHF 300, a certificate, and a voucher granting a full discount on the article processing charge (valid for one year).
Biomolecules Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Biomolecules will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact;– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
The Degradation of Hyaluronan in the Skin
The Epigenetic Dimension of Protein Structure Is an Intrinsic Weakness of the AlphaFold Program
Biomolecules 2022, 12(10), 1527; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12101527 - 20 Oct 2022
Biological Effects of Human Exposure to Environmental Cadmium
Biomolecules 2023, 13(1), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13010036 - 24 Dec 2022
Folic Acid, Folinic Acid, 5 Methyl TetraHydroFolate Supplementation for Mutations That Affect Epigenesis through the Folate and One-Carbon Cycles
Biomolecules 2022, 12(2), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12020197 - 24 Jan 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Lukasz Kurgan
Chairman
Lukasz Kurgan
Dr. Jean-Luc Poyet
INSERM U976
Prof. Eiichiro Nagata
Tokai University School of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Omar Cauli
Department of Nursing, University of Valencia VAT ESQ4618001D - Frailty and Cognitive Impairment Research Group (FROG)
Winner
Valency and Binding Affinity Variations Can Regulate the Multilayered Organization of Protein Condensates with Many Components
Biomolecules 2021, 11(2), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11020278 - 14 Feb 2021
Modulation of the Antioxidant Defense System by Exogenous l-Glutamic Acid Application Enhances Salt Tolerance in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.)
Biomolecules 2021, 11(4), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11040587 - 16 Apr 2021
Heme Oxygenase-1 Signaling and Redox Homeostasis in Physiopathological Conditions
Biomolecules 2021, 11(4), 589; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11040589 - 16 Apr 2021
Beyond the GFAP-Astrocyte Protein Markers in the Brain
Biomolecules 2021, 11(9), 1361; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11091361 - 14 Sep 2021
Winner
Marcel Bach-Pages
FENIX Group International, LLC, Reading, PA 19601, USA
Ryuji Hamamoto
National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Agnes S. Klar
Tissue Biology Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Rossella Talotta
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, AOU Policlinico G. Martino - Italy
Winner
Tohru Minamino
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Vera Sitnikova
Department of Applied Optics, ITMO University, St.-Petersburg 197101, Russia
Gerhard Liebisch
Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
Barbara Klajnert-Maculewicz
Department of General Biophysics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
Winner
Hans J. Vogel
Biochemistry Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/8/2/19
Suzana K. Straus
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/8/1/4
Shona Murphy
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/8/1/11
Robert E.W. Hancock
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/8/2/29
Winner
Matthew R. Chapman
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/7/4/75
Laurence Goossens
Univ. Lille, ICPAL, EA 7365—GRITA—Groupe de Recherche sur les formes Injectables et les Technologies Associées, 3 rue du Pr. Laguesse, F-59000 Lille, France
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/7/1/3
Yuri Motorin
IMoPA UMR7365 CNRS‐UL, Biopole Lorraine University, 54505 Vandoeuvre‐les‐Nancy, France；Next‐Generation Sequencing core facility, FR3209 BMCT CNRS‐UL, Biopole Lorraine University, 54505 Vandoeuvre‐les‐Nancy, France
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-
Mario Mörl
Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Brüderstraße 34, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/7/2/35
Winner
Shahrokh F. Shariat
Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/3/37
Goran Šimić
Department of Neuroscience, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/1/6
Arthur J. L. Cooper
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/2/16
Claude M. Wischik
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK；Medical Research Council Cambridge Brain Bank Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273
Michele T. Pritchard
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA；Department of Pathology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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