The 13th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry, held July 15-20, 2007 in Vienna, Austria, was hosted by the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

Nominations for 2010 SBIC Elections
2010 May
This year the Society shall elect two SBIC council members replacing Juan Fontecilla-Camps and Andrew Thomson, whose terms expire 30 June 2010. The Nominations Committee has recommended the following candidates. Their CVs are available by clicking on their names. SBIC members are invited to nominate additional candidates by sending the necessary signatures to SBIC secretary, Charlie Riordan by May 31, 2010. According to the SBIC By-Laws a nomination for council requires five signatures from active SBIC members.

• Shyamalava Mazumdar, India Maribel C. Navarro, Venezuela Stephen W. Ragsdale, USA Hongzhe Sun, Hong Kong
• Alejandro J. Vila, Argentina

SBIC 2009 Election of Officers—Results
2009 June
The results of the recent round of elections to SBIC Council are now in and I would like to congratulate Prof José Moura on being elected President for the period July 2010-June 2012 and to congratulate Prof Debbie Crans on her election to Council, to serve from now till June 2013. A sincere thank you to the other candidates who stood; a large number of votes were cast in both elections and all candidates received substantial support.

Nominations for 2009 SBIC Elections
2009 May
This year the Society shall elect a president-elect for 2009, who will serve a two-year term as President commencing in 2010 when Trevor Hambley's term expires, and one SBIC council member replacing Jose Moura, whose term expires 30 June 2009. The Nominations Committee has recommended the following candidates. SBIC members are invited to nominate additional candidates by sending the necessary signatures to SBIC secretary, Charlie Riordan, by May 31, 2009. According to the SBIC By-Laws a nomination for president-elect requires ten signatures from active SBIC members and a nomination for council requires five signatures from active SBIC members.

President-Elect
Ruth Astrid Olivia Gräslund, Sweden
José J.G. Moura, Portugal

Council
Debbie Crans, United States
Hongzhe Sun, Hong Kong
Maribel Navarro, Venezuela
Alejandro Vila Rosario, Argentina

2009 SBIC Early Career Award Winner Announced!
2009 March
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2009 SBIC Early Career Award is Professor Frank Neese of the University of Bonn, Germany. Professor Neese will receive the award plaque at a special ceremony in Nagoya at ICBIC 14, along with the 2008 Award winner, Professor Marty Bollinger. Congratulations to Professor Neese on his thoroughly deserved success.

ICBIC 14
2009 March
A reminder that registrations for ICBIC 14 to be held in Nagoya from July 25 to 30, 2009 are open, with a closing date for the reduced early bird rates of 30th April, 2009. This promises to be a very exciting meeting and I strongly encourage all members to attend.

SBIC AGM
2009 March
Please note that the SBIC AGM will be held during ICBIC 14, from 5:40 pm on Wednesday, 29th July.

SBIC 2008 Election of Officers—Results
2008 July
The results of the recent round of elections to SBIC Council are now in and I would like to congratulate the successful candidates: Julie Kovacs, Janet Morrow, and Paola Turano. A sincere thank you to the other candidates who stood; it was a closely fought election with a large number of votes cast, reflecting the healthy state of the Society.

A sincere thank you also to Dave Dooley and Dave Garner who have now completed their time on Council. Both provided many outstanding contributions to the Society during this time and I am sure they will remain active members.

Finally, a big thank you to Bob Scott who has completed his term as President. Bob has done an enormous amount towards the development of the Society and it is in great shape.

—Trevor Hambley, President

Nominations for 2008 SBIC Elections
2008 May 1
The terms of Council members Dave Dooley, Dave Garner, and Trevor Hambley will expire on 30 June 2008. We must elect replacements for these Council positions. The Nominations Committee has recommended the following slate of candidates. SBIC members will be invited to nominate additional candidates before the election is announced. Click on a name below to download a pdf CV of the candidate.

• Julie Kovacs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
• Shyamalava Mazumdar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
• Janet Morrow, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY USA
• Hongzhe Sun, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Paola Turano, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

SBIC Early Career Award for 2009
2008 October
Nominations are now invited for the 2009 Early Career Award. Details of the criteria and procedures can be found on the SBIC Awards page. The deadline for receipt of nominations is 31 December 2008.

The award will be presented to an early career scientist (no more than 15 years post-Ph.D. at the nomination deadline) who has already accomplished distinguished research in biological inorganic chemistry. To be eligible for the award, the candidate must hold SBIC membership since the prior ICBIC. Both the 2008 and 2009 awardees will be invited to present their award lectures at ICBIC 14 in Japan.

2008 SBIC Early Career Award Winner Announced!
2008 March 1
We are happy to announce that the winner of the 2008 SBIC Early Career Award is Professor J. Martin Bollinger of Pennsylvania State University, USA. Dr. Bollinger will receive the award plaque at a special ceremony in Nagoya at ICBIC 14 in summer 2009 and will deliver the award lecture. Our congratulations to Dr. Bollinger on this exceptional accomplishment. Please note that a competition for the 2009 award will occur also before ICBIC 14. The deadline for nominations will be 31 December 2008.

SBIC Early Career Award Goes Annual
2007 October 1
SBIC Council has approved a plan to change the frequency of the SBIC Early Career Award from every two years to every year. We have initiated the competition for the 2008 award and nominations are invited. Details of the criteria and procedures can be found on the SBIC Awards web page. The deadline for receipt of nominations is 31 December 2007.

In brief, the award will be presented to an early career scientist (no more than 15 years post-Ph.D. at the nomination deadline) who has already accomplished distinguished research in biological inorganic chemistry. To be eligible for the award, the candidate must hold SBIC membership since the prior ICBIC. Both 2008 and 2009 awardees will be invited to present their award lectures at ICBIC 14 in Japan.

SBIC 2007 Election of Officers—Results
2007 July 1
Congratulations to these new SBIC officers:

• Trevor Hambley, President-Elect (will serve as President 2008-2010)
• Britt-Marie Sjöberg, Council Member (2007-2011)
• Victoria J. DeRose, Council Member (2007-2011)

Both Lucia and Ken deserve special thanks as they have served the Society extremely well for many years in their roles as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. They are both continuing to serve in other roles, Lucia as Chair of the SBIC Nominations Committee, and Ken in his continued role on the ICBIC International Organizing Committee.

Recipients of SBIC Student Travel Awards
2007 May 5
Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded SBIC Student Travel Grants to attend ICBIC 13 in Vienna:

• Kevin Barnese, UCLA
• Loes E Bevers, Delft University of Technology
• Hugo MRC Botelho, University of Lisbon
• Alistair V Dias, University of Toronto
• Karrera Yani Djoko, University of Melbourne
• Ariadna Garza Ortiz, Leiden University
• Kieran Steve Hadler, University of Queensland
• Amanda S Hakemian, Northwestern University
• Monika Nøhr Johannessen, Technical University of Denmark
• Lindsay E Kane, UCLA
• Sónia CAD Leal Solano, University of Lisbon
• Barbara Agnes Leitenmaier, University of Konstanz
• Herman Lelie, UCLA
• Oksana I Leszczyszyn, University of Warwick
• Yanjie Li, University of Toronto
• Jin Lu, University of Warwick
• Thanh Ngu, University of Western Ontario
• Ami D Patel, Northwestern University
• Emily Que, UC Berkeley
• Sara S Rocks, University of Rochester
• Sowmya Subramanian, University of Georgia
• Arthur D Tinoco, Yale University
• Sheila C Wang, University of Toronto
• Louise Wedlock, University of Western Australia
• Gerhild Zauner, Leiden University
• Matthias Zimmermann, University of Melbourne

First SBIC Early Career Award Winner Announced!
2007 March 1
We are happy to announce that the first winner of the SBIC Early Career Award is Professor Yi Lu of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. Dr. Lu will receive the award at a special ceremony in Vienna at ICBIC 13 this summer and will deliver the award lecture. Our congratulations to Dr. Lu on this exceptional accomplishment.

The selection committee wishes to commend all the nominees for this first award, noting that this was a particularly strong field that bodes well for future awards.

Applications for Organizing Forthcoming ICBICs
2007 January 1
Applications for organizing one of the forthcoming ICBICs (International Conferences on Biological Inorganic Chemistry) should be made to:

Professor Kenneth D. Karlin
Secretary of the ICBIC International Organizing Committee
c/o Department of Chemistry, Remsen Hall
The Johns Hopkins University
Charles & 34th Streets
Baltimore, MD 21218
U.S.A.
Email: karlin@jhu.edu

Applications should contain the name(s) of the main organizer(s), the location and, if possible, (a) letter(s) of (an) organisation(s) (e.g., of the chemical or biochemical society of a country, or a university/department) willing to support the event. In general, at a given ICBIC the International Organizing Committee of the ICBICs (which consists of one chair person of each previous ICBIC) meets and decides about the ICBIC to be held in six years' time. Consequently, at a given ICBIC, the organizer of the next ICBIC invites the audience to participate at the ICBIC she/he is organizing and in addition the locations of two more ICBICs are made public.

SBIC Early Career Award
2006
We invite nominations for the first SBIC Early Career Award. Nomination guidelines can be found on our SBIC Awards page.

The SBIC Early Career Award will be presented biennially at ICBICs to an early career scientist (no more than 15 years post-PhD at the nomination deadline) who has already accomplished "distinguished research in biological inorganic chemistry." To be eligible for the award, the candidate must hold SBIC membership since the prior ICBIC. The awardee will receive a US$1,000 prize and a commemorative plaque. In addition, the awardee will be invited to present the "SBIC Early Career Award Lecture" at ICBIC 13. We expect this to become a highly competitive and valuable recognition of excellence in our field.