Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Marine Drugs, I am pleased to announce that the winner of 2016 Marine Drugs Award for Young Investigator is Dr. John MacMillan, Associate Professor, Chilton/Bell Scholar in Biochemistry, Martha Steiner, Professor in Medical Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Dr. MacMillan’s research is currently focused on four major areas: (1) Marine Microbiology and Generation of a Natural Product Fraction Library; (2) Probing the Mechanism of Action of Natural Products; (3) Integration of Natural Products and High-Content Phenotypic Screening; and (4) Development of New Methods for Structure Determination and Biocatalysis. More information is available at a dedicated website: www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/macmillan/research
Marine Drugs Editor-in-Chief,
Alejandro M.S. Mayer, Ph.D., M.S. Ed.
