It is with great pleasure that we announce Professor Christopher Walsh, from Harvard Medical School, in the US, as the winner of the NPR Lecture Award for 2010.
Professor Walsh was selected in recognition of his work on natural product biosynthesis, in particular his work on investigating the structure and function of enzymes.
Professor Walsh will deliver his lecture, entitled ‘A post-translational approach to natural product biosynthesis’, during the ‘Symposium on Biosynthesis of Natural Products’ at Pacifichem 2010, in Honolulu, from 15th-20th December.
You can read some of his latest NPR articles:
Structural insights into nonribosomal peptide enzymatic assembly lines
Alexander Koglin, Christopher T. Walsh, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2009, (8),987-1000
DOI: 10.1039/b904543kTotal biosynthesis: in vitro reconstitution of polyketide and nonribosomal peptide pathways
Elizabeth S. Sattely, Michael A. Fischbach, Christopher T. Walsh, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2008, (4),757-793
DOI: 10.1039/b801747fBiological formation of pyrroles: Nature’s logic and enzymatic machinery
Christopher T. Walsh, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Annaleise R. Howard-Jones, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2006, (4),517-531
DOI: 10.1039/b605245m
NPR sponsors a lecture each year at an international meeting. The recipient will have made a significant research contribution to natural products chemistry in its broadest sense, and will have published in or have had some affiliation to the journal. The award is open to anyone fitting these criteria.
From Natural Product Reports’ Editorial Office we would like to congratulate Christopher for this more than well deserved recognition.