Congratulations to Andreas Bender, Lecturer for Molecular Informatics at the Department of Chemistry, receives the Innovation Prize of the German Pharmaceutical and Chemical Societies (DPhG and GDCh) 2011.
In addition Andreas has also won the 4th annual MGMS Silver Jubilee Prize.
The Innovation in Medicinal Chemistry prize acknowledges outstanding scientific achievements in the areas of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. In those fields Andreas particularly contributed to the chemogenomics analysis of compound bioactivity data and the prediction and understanding of adverse drug reactions. The prize has been awarded at the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry conference in Saarbruecken, Germany, in March 2011.
More information about current research in Dr Bender's group can be found at www-ucc.ch.cam.ac.uk/members/ab454 and more information about the Innovation in Medicinal Chemistry prize can be found (in German) at www.gdch.de/strukturen/fg/med/innovation.htm.
The purpose of the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) Silver Jubilee Prize is to benefit the field of molecular modelling and its research community, and in particular to support young researchers in the field and to increase recognition of MGMS. There are currently very few prizes or awards for young molecular modellers, compared to many awards for more ‘traditional’ physical chemistry.