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Biomolecules: 2016 Best Paper Award Winners Announcement
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2016 Biomolecules Best Paper Awards. The winning nominations were chosen by a selection committee, which was chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Vladimir N. Uversky
The following two papers, in no particular order, have won the first prize of 2016 Biomolecules Best Paper Award:
An Epigenomic Approach to Improving Response to Neoadjuvant Cisplatin Chemotherapy in Bladder Cancer Biomolecules2016, 6(3), 37; doi: 10.3390/biom6030037 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/3/37
Tau Protein Hyperphosphorylation and Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Tauopathies, and Possible Neuroprotective Strategies Biomolecules2016, 6(1), 6; doi: 10.3390/biom6010006 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/1/6
The following three papers, in no particular order, have won the second prize of 2016 Biomolecules Best Paper Award:
Central Role of Glutamate Metabolism in the Maintenance of Nitrogen Homeostasis in Normal and Hyperammonemic Brain Biomolecules2016, 6(2), 16; doi: 10.3390/biom6020016 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/2/16
Absence of a Role for Phosphorylation in the Tau Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease Biomolecules2016, 6(2), 19; doi: 10.3390/biom6020019 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/2/19
Moderate (2%, v/v) Ethanol Feeding Alters Hepatic Wound Healing after Acute Carbon Tetrachloride Exposure in Mice Biomolecules2016, 6(1), 5; doi: 10.3390/biom6010005 Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/6/1/5
They will receive a certificate and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Biomolecules, after peer-review and processing. Each winner will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class:
First Award (one for a review paper and one for a research paper): 300 CHF each Second Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 200 CHF each
We congratulate the authors and we thank them for choosing Biomolecules to publish their work.
Kind regards,
Biomolecules Editorial Office
Biomolecules Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Biomolecules will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
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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
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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