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EuroBIC MEDAL for YOUNGER SCIENTISTS
The EuroBIC medal is awarded biannually at the occasion of “European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conferences“ (EuroBICs). The medal will be given to a younger scientist in his/her early career, doing exciting research in the field of Bioinorganic Chemistry in a laboratory of a European country.
The person should have received the Ph.D. degree no longer than 15 years before the nomination deadline, and should not be fully established (chair, directorship etc.). The medalist is presenting a plenary lecture at the next EuroBIC conference, which will take place in Granada, Spain, in September 2012 (http://eurobic11.com/).
Nominations are requested to be sent electronically to the present EuroBIC secretary, Prof. Bernhard Lippert (Bernhard.lippert@tu-dortmund.de) and should contain the following items:
CV (maximum 2 pages), complete list of publications, copies (PDF format) of three most important publications, a statement of the nominator regarding the achievements of the nominated person (maximum 2 pages), and names and E-mail addresses of two additional scientists familiar with the work of the nominated scientist. Self-nominations are not possible.
Deadline for nominations for the EuroBIC MEDAL 2012 is January 15, 2012.
The selection committee consists of 7 members, namely 3 previous medal winners and 4 senior European Bioinorganic Chemists of different expertise and different nationalities. The EUROBIC secretary is in charge of organizing the selection process, but does not vote himself.
Nominations for 2011 SBIC Elections
2011 June
This year the Society shall elect a president-elect, treasurer, secretary and three SBIC council members. 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 July 15, 2011. According to the SBIC By-Laws a nomination for an officer position requires ten signatures from active SBIC members. A nomination for councilor requires five signatures from active SBIC members.
President-Elect
Alison Butler, University of California-Santa Barbara
Hongzhe Sun, University of Hong Kong
Treasurer
Rachel Austin, Bates College, Maine
Graeme Hanson, University of Queensland, Australia
Secretary
Wonwoo Nam, Ewha Womans University, Korea
Giulietta Smulevich, University of Firenze, Italy
Councilor
Michael Hannon, University of Birmingham, UK
Maribel Navarro, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones, Venezuela
Nils Metzler-Nolte-, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Xiaogang Qu, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Roland Sigel, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ICBIC 15 at UBC Vancouver in August 2011
2010 January
The 15th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry will be held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada between August 7 and 12, 2011. Contact Prof Chris Orvig for event information or visit the ICBIC 15 website.
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.
—Trevor Hambley, President
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