Dear Colleagues,

The jorunal Molecules is inviting applications for the 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced highly anticipated theses with great academic potential. Applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.

Required Application Documents:
– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student due to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria:
– Quality of resume and publications;
– Relevance of the candidate and research description;
– Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes:
– Bonus (CHF 800);
– An electronic certificate;
– Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Molecules after peer review before the end of 2024.

The award application deadline is 15 September 2023. The winners will be announced on the Molecules website in December 2023.

Molecules Award Team
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Molecules 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Molecules in 2022. Four reviews and six research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Molecules in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following 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.

The Prize:
– First Prize: one review and one research article, CHF 500 each;
– Second Prize: one review and two research articles, CHF 300 each;
– Third Prize: two reviews and three research articles;

Each winner will also receive a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Molecules in 2024 after peer review.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in February 2024.

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Team
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Molecules is now inviting nominations for the Molecules 2023 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of chemistry. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee.

The Prizes:
– CHF 2000;
– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Molecules after peer review before 30 June 2024;
– An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of chemistry;
– Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
Open for nomination: 10 January 2023.
Nomination deadline: 31 May 2023.
Winner announcement: 31 July 2023.

How to Submit Nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online.

Contact:
Molecules Award Team
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Molecules 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“Development of Modern Sample Preparation Techniques Utilizing Novel Materials Combined with Chromatographic and Spectrometric Methods for the Determination of Environmental Pollutants in Food and Environmental Samples”
By Dr. Natalia Manousi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

“Studying Protein Function with Fluorescent Nanoantennas”
By Dr. Scott G. Harroun, University of Montreal, Canada

Each winner will receive CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and an offer to publish a featured paper in Molecules with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2023.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Team

Dear colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Molecules 2022 Young Investigator Award is Prof. Dr. Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez. 

Dr. Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez serves as a Presidential Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. His research interests are in antibiotic discovery, synthetic biology, computational biology, microbiology, antimicrobial peptides, and microbiome engineering. Prof. Dr. Cesar de la Fuente received his PhD degree at the University of British Columbia in 2014 and continued postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a leader of his generation of molecular engineers, chemists, and bioengineers, pushing the frontiers of antibiotic discovery, a field of upmost importance to human health and to our society. He has given over 200 invited lectures and has an outstanding publication record, comprising over 110 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and multiple international patents. Prof. Dr. Cesar de la Fuente was also named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. He is an NIH MIRA investigator and has received recognition (over 50 major awards) and research funding from numerous other groups. He is clearly a rising star in the field of chemical biology. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dr. Cesar de la Fuente for his outstanding achievements. 

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Cesar de la Fuente will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 30 June 2023 in Molecules after peer review, and an engraved plaque. 

We would like to thank all of the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations. 

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Team

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Molecules 2022 Tu Youyou Award is Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei.

Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei is currently the Boya Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Peking University. His laboratory at Peking University conducts research on the interface between chemistry and biology. He focuses on the function-oriented synthesis of structurally complex and bioactive natural products and systematically uses bioactive small molecules (either natural products or unnatural compounds) to study their biological functions, elucidate molecular mechanisms of the essential biological pathways, and develop novel therapeutic agents for currently intractable human diseases, such as cancers and infectious diseases. In addition, he has been exploring the biosynthesis of plant-derived bioactive natural products and developing efficient chemoenzymatic approaches to access these complex molecules. During his career to date, Prof. Dr. Lei has distinguished himself with numerous high-quality contributions in diverse areas of natural product synthesis, chemical biology, and drug discovery. His investigations into the molecular details and mechanisms at the interface between chemistry and biology have led to novel discoveries with potentially significant consequences for molecular medicine.

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei will receive an honorarium of CHF 3000, an engraved plaque, and an award certificate.

We would like to thank all the applicants from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications.

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Team

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Molecules 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Biplab Maji.

Dr. Maji was nominated by Prof. Herbert Mayr, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany and Prof . Hisashi Yamamoto, Chubu University, Japan.

He obtained his M.Sc. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (llT Kanpur) in 2009 and received his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitiit Mirnchen, Germany, in 2012. He did postdoctoral studies at Chubu University, Japan, and at Westfdlische Wilhelms-Universitdt Munster, Germany, in asymmetric synthesis and catalysis. ln July 2016, he joined DCS IISER Kolkata as an assistant professor and was recently promoted to associate professor in the same department. As an independent researcher, Dr. Maji's research addresses the challenge and the demand for a greener and more sustainable chemical synthesis. During the last four years, they have developed catalysts with abundant first-row-transition metals and main-group elements. They reengineered state-of-the-art catalytic pathways to address the need for high catalytic activity and selectivity and to avoid utilizing critical element resources. The group significantly advanced the field of manganese catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Dr. Maji's research outcomes have appeared in several peer-reviewed international journals that are highly ranked globally. These research articles are widely cited and followed by researchers in different parts of the world.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Biplab Maji for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, he will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of July 2022 in Molecules after peer review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all those who nominated a candidate from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominees.

Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

Dear Colleagues,

The year 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of Molecules. Since its launch in 1996, Molecules has published peer-reviewed papers from more than 143,000 authors. More than 45,000 reviewers have submitted at least one review report.

In recognition of our authors’ continued support, Molecules has launched the “Molecules 2020 Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues”, with prizes awarded to the best papers published in the “Anniversary Special Issues”.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the “Molecules 2020 Best Paper Award for Anniversary Special Issues”. The award consists of three prizes, and each winner (corresponding author) will receive a bonus and an electronic certificate and an offer to publish a paper in Molecules with the article processing charge (APC) waived before the end of 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the aforementioned exceptional papers for their contributions to Molecules and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

The award has been granted to:

First Prize
Polymeric Nanoparticles: Production, Characterization, Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
By Aleksandra Zielińska, Filipa Carreiró, Ana M. Oliveira, Andreia Neves, Bárbara Pires, D. Nagasamy Venkatesh, Alessandra Durazzo, Massimo Lucarini, Piotr Eder, Amélia M. Silva, Antonello Santini and Eliana B. Souto
Molecules 2020, 25(16), 3731; DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163731

Second Prizes
Nanomaterials for Wound Dressings: An Up-to-Date Overview
By Alexandra Elena Stoica, Cristina Chircov and Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
Molecules 2020, 25(11), 2699; DOI: 10.3390/molecules25112699

PROTACs and Building Blocks: The 2D Chemical Space in Very Early Drug Discovery
By Giuseppe Ermondi, Diego Garcia-Jimenez and Giulia Caron
Molecules 2021, 26(3), 672; DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030672

Third Prizes
LncMirNet: Predicting LncRNA–miRNA Interaction Based on Deep Learning of Ribonucleic Acid Sequences
By Sen Yang, Yan Wang, Yu Lin, Dan Shao, Kai He and Lan Huang
Molecules 2020, 25(19), 4372; DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194372

Merging Ligand-Based and Structure-Based Methods in Drug Discovery: An Overview of Combined Virtual Screening Approaches
By Javier Vázquez, Manel López, Enric Gibert, Enric Herrero and F. Javier Luque
Molecules 2020, 25(20), 4723; DOI: 10.3390/molecules25204723

The Protective Role of Butyrate against Obesity and Obesity-Related Diseases
By Serena Coppola, Carmen Avagliano, Antonio Calignano and Roberto Berni Canani
Molecules 2021, 26(3), 682; DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030682

Cyanogenic Glycoside Analysis in American Elderberry
By Michael K. Appenteng, Ritter Krueger, Mitch C. Johnson, Harrison Ingold, Richard Bell, Andrew L. Thomas and C. Michael Greenlief
Molecules 2021, 26(5), 1384; DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051384

Amygdalin: Toxicity, Anticancer Activity and Analytical Procedures for Its Determination in Plant Seeds
By Ewa Jaszczak-Wilke, Żaneta Polkowska, Marek Koprowski, Krzysztof Owsianik, Alyson E. Mitchell and Piotr Bałczewski
Molecules 2021, 26(8), 2253; DOI: 10.3390/molecules26082253

Kind regards,
Molecules Award Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to announce the winner of the Molecules 2020 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, which recognizes the most highly anticipated academic potential thesis among Ph.D. students and doctors.

The award has been granted to Dr. Christian Steinebach, University of Bonn, Germany. He will receive CHF 1000 or the opportunity to publish an article free of charge in Molecules and a certificate.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics, as well as the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Molecules 2020 Tu Youyou Award is Prof. Mauro Maccarrone.

Mauro Maccarrone is a Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at University of L’Aquila. He is also the Director of the Lipid Neurochemistry Laboratory at the European Center for Brain Research (Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome). His group is comprised of four units, and they are highly integrated and have collaborated for more than 15 years (they are located at Tor Vergata Univesity of Rome, University of Teramo, Santa Lucia Foundation, and Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, respectively). Stipend holders and visiting scientists from abroad frequently visit the group for training purposes. In the last five years, Prof. Maccarrone was the tutor of six PhD students and four post-doc fellows at the University of Teramo. Moreover, he tutored two PhD students and two post-doc fellows at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome. Prof. Maccarrone’s work has contributed in a major way to a novel class of lipid signaling molecules: the endocannabinoids. He regularly publishes in prestigious journals and his work is highly cited. Most importantly, his work has great translational potential and has opened new avenues for the treatment of a number of diseases that altered endocannabinoid functions with a pathogenic role. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Mauro Maccarrone for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Prof. Mauro Maccarrone will receive an honorarium of 3000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 July 2021 in Molecules after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Molecules 2020 Tu Youyou Award Evaluation Committee

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the 2020 Travel Awards, sponsored by MDPI and Molecules, are Aisha Bismillah, Azzurra Stefanucci and Joan Josep Soldevila Barreda.

Aisha Bismillah is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Dartmouth College under an All Disciplines US–UK Fulbright Scholarship. Aisha has developed expertise in organic synthesis, physical organic characterization and supramolecular chemistry, which she has been applying to her challenging postdoctoral research project with great success.

Azzurra Stefanucci is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio”. She has successfully carried out her PhD fellowship, during which she independently performed systematic and well-planned research in the field of peptide chemistry.

Joan Josep Soldevila Barreda is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Bradford, working with Dr. Nicolas Barry (URF). Her research interest is in biomedical inorganic chemistry, and more specifically in the development of novel organometallic anticancer complexes.

Selecting the winners from such high-quality applications for the awards was a difficult decision, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Young Investigator Award, sponsored by MDPI and Molecules, is Dr Carles Galdeano.

Dr Carles Galdeano is currently a Serra Hunter Professor at the University of Barcelona. His current main project is aimed at the identification and characterization of chemical probes to validate specific and medically relevant E3 ligases that can be also employed for PROTAC construction. He is also involved in several drug discovery programs to find new molecules for the treatment of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr Galdeano has led several competitive projects (e.g., CaixaImpulse) and has been awarded with competitive fellowships at national and international levels (e.g., EMBO, Marie Curie, and Beatriu de Pinós). The scientific merits achieved by Dr Galdeano during his research career so far have also been recognized with numerous awards (e.g., Extraordinary Doctorate Award of the University of Barcelona and the Young Medicinal Chemist 2015 Prize in Spain). Besides an excellent number of publications (23 articles with more than 1000 citations, most of them in Q1 journals, and 4 patents among other outputs), Dr Galdeano boasts an impressive experience in technology transfer.

As the awardee, Dr Galdeano will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF.

We would like to thank all the applicants from various fields of study for their participation, and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the 2019 Travel Awards, sponsored by MDPI and Molecules, are Juan Vicente Alegre Requen, Belinda Hetzler and Dan Preston.

Juan V. Alegre-Requena mainly focuses on computational mechanistic studies of organic and organometallic reactions, working in close collaboration with different experimental groups.

Belinda E. Hetzler is currently a Ph.D. student at New York University. Her research involves the development of synthetic methodology for complex natural product syntheses and the design of novel molecular switches for the control of protein function.”

Dan Preston completed his doctoral studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He currently holds a Rutherford Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Kruger Group at the University of Canterbury. He is interested in self-assembly and coordination chemistry and is working on new ways to assemble structures in solution.

It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the awards and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Young Investigator Award, sponsored by MDPI and Molecules, is Dr Paul McGonigal.

Dr Paul McGonigal (b 1985) received his undergraduate (MChem, 2007) and postgraduate (PhD, 2010) degrees from The University of Edinburgh, working under the direction of Prof David Leigh. In 2011, he moved to The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Prof Antonio Echavarren. The following year, he was awarded a US–UK Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research with Prof Fraser Stoddart’s research group at Northwestern University. His training encompassed topics ranging from molecular machines, homogeneous catalysis, and natural product synthesis to nanoparticle functionalization and metal–organic frameworks.

In 2015, Paul moved to Durham University to take up the position of Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry where he investigates new small-molecule motifs for functional materials by taking advantage of unusual interactions, reactivity, and dynamics. In the past three years, his team has investigated the effects of excited-state aromatic interactions in phenyl-ring molecular rotors, synthesized new functional carbocation materials, and developed strategies to control shapeshifting molecules. As well as providing new fundamental insights, the materials developed by McGonigal are targeted towards applications as components of optoelectronic devices. Paul is being awarded the 2018 Molecules Young Investigator Award for his creative early-career contributions to organic and supramolecular chemistry.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief, Molecules

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Molecules, I am pleased to announce the three winners of the 2018 Travel Awards sponsored by Molecules.

This year’s awards are granted to Dr. Jiawen Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Groningen, Dr. Lin Huang, Ph.D. student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Dr. Daniele D’Alonzo, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Naples “Federico II”. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to support the winners’ attendance at an academic conference of their choice in 2018.

Dr. Jiawen Chen’s research is focused on the artificial muscle-like functions of hierarchical supramolecular assemblies of photoresponsive molecular motors.

Dr. Lin Huang focuses on the study of plasmonic nanoshell-based metabolite detection for in-vitro metabolic diagnostics and therapeutic evaluation.

Dr. Daniele D’Alonzo’s research activities are focused mainly on the field of L-sugar-containing biomimetics to explore the role of chirality in molecular recognition and function.

I would like to congratulate the winners and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in the hard task of selecting the winners from the large number of excellent candidate profiles submitted for consideration.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief of Molecules

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 TU YOUYOU AWARD, sponsored by MDPI and Molecules, is PROFESSOR BARRY POTTER, currently Professor of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry at The University of Oxford and Fellow of University College, Oxford, in the United Kingdom. As the awardee, Professor Potter will receive an honorarium of 3000 CHF and an engraved commemorative plaque.

Professor Potter has been selected from among the nearly 80 excellent nominees for his outstanding contributions to Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology through research with a strong relationship to Natural Products Chemistry, and his academic excellence, leadership and entrepreneurship across a wide spectrum of activities related to Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. His research interests cover a broad range, from enzyme mechanisms, cellular signaling molecules, the chemistry of nucleic acids, nucleotides and biophosphates to drug design and discovery, where several of his drugs have gone on to “first in class” Phase I and II clinical trials in the areas of breast, prostate and endometrial cancer, endometriosis and hormone replacement therapy. He has published over 500 papers and is listed as co-inventor in more than 700 patent applications, over 400 of which have been granted to date.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief of Molecules

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the editorial team of Molecules, I am pleased to announce that the Best Oral Presentation Award (500€) from the 1st Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (https://sciforum.net/conference/MMCS2017) has been awarded to Alicia Boto, of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The nominations were assessed by the Organizing Committee of the symposium.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the editorial team of Molecules, I am pleased to announce that the Best Poster Award (500€) from the 1^st Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (https://sciforum.net/conference/MMCS2017) has been awarded to Francesc Rabanal, of the University of Barcelona. The nominations were assessed by the Organizing Committee of the symposium.

As Editor-in-Chief of Molecules, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Travel Awards sponsored by Molecules:

The 2016 TRAVEL AWARDS have been granted to Dr. PENG WANG, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and Dr. STEFANO D’ERRICO, a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80131, Italy.

Dr. Peng Wang’s research involves biosynthetic engineering of marine natural products to generate new anticancer agents. Dr. Stefano D’Errico’s research activities focus mainly on the field of synthetic organic chemistry, particularly in the development of innovative synthetic methodologies for the preparation of novel bioactive modified nucleosides and nucleotides.

The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to attend any academic conference in 2017.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief of Molecules

As Editor-in-Chief of Molecules, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 Tu Youyou Award sponsored by Molecules:

The 2016 TU YOUYOU AWARD has been awarded to Dr. KENNETH A. JACOBSON, of the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry (LBC) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, USA. As the awardee, Dr. Jacobsen will receive an honorarium of 3000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

Described by his peers as a world-leading medicinal chemist, who has produced a remarkable number of selective agonists and antagonists, as well as radioligands and photoaffinity labels for both P1 (adenosine) and P2Y (ATP, UTP and UDP) G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subtypes, new drugs discovered by his team are currently being developed not only for therapeutic applications, for example cancer and autoimmune inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, but also for important unmet medical needs, such as chronic neuropathic pain, which affects a large fraction of the population. In addition, over three dozen chemical probes introduced by the Jacobson lab are available commercially as research tools and are used widely for the study of purine receptors, other GPCRs and ion channels.

Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Editor-in-Chief of Molecules