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Nominations are now open for the 2015 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship.

Nominate by Friday 26th September 2014

The Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to a natural products-related area of the chemical sciences in their early independent career. Nominations can be made by anyone, so why not nominate a colleague, collaborator, or someone whose work you admire today?

To qualify
To be eligible for the Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship, the candidate should have completed their PhD on or after 31st December 2005.

Lectureship details
The recipient will be invited to present a lecture at a conference during 2015. They will receive £500 towards travel and accommodation costs. They will also be presented with a certificate and be asked to contribute a Natural Product Reports article.

Nominations
Those wishing to make a nomination should send the following details to the Natural Product Reports Editorial Office by Friday 26th September 2014:

• The name, affiliation and (if possible) web address of the nominee
• A paragraph outlining the reasons for nomination. This should include brief details of the nominee’s contributions to their field

Selection procedure
The  Natural Product Reports Editorial Board will draw up a short-list of candidates based on the information provided at nomination. The board will then vote to select the recipient at the Autumn Editorial Board meeting, and the winner will be announced in late 2014.

Previous Winners
2013: Rebecca Goss – University of St Andrews, UK
2014: Emily Balskus – Harvard University, USA

 Nominations are now open for the 2014 NPR Emerging Investigator Lectureship.

The Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to a natural products-related area of the chemical sciences in their early independent career. The winner will deliver their lecture at an international meeting in the coming year.

Nominees should have completed their PhD on or after the 31st December 2001.

To nominate someone simply contact NPR Editor, Richard Kelly. All you need to provide are the name of the nominee and some very brief information about why you are nominating them. Nominations are open to everyone and should be received by 25^th February 2014.

The winner will be selected by an Editorial Board panel and the result will be announced in Spring 2014.

The winner for the 2013 Lectureship was Rebecca Goss from University of St Andrews, UK.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Christian Hertweck from the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research in Jena, Germany, is the winner of the 2011 NPR Lecture Award. Professor Hertweck was selected for his contribution to the field of biosynthesis.

“I am honoured that I have been nominated and selected for the NPR lecture award and would like to use this opportunity to thank my colleagues and collaborators for great teamwork and support”, said Professor Hertweck on winning the award. ”Without them, I guess I would not have much to say during the lecture…   

Also, reading NPR articles and reviews has always been an excellent way to keep up with the latest developments in natural product research – a constant source for inspiration. Thank you very much!”

The lecture will be delivered at the 52^nd annual meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy, to be held in San Diego, US between July 30^th and August 3^rd this year. Also speaking at the meeting will be NPR Board members Guy Carter, Sarah O’Connor and Joern Piel, and 2010 NPR Lecture Award winner Christopher Walsh. For general information about the meeting please visit the conference website at http://www.asp2011.com.

The NPR Lecture Award is awarded to a researcher who has made a significant contribution to the field of natural products and who has also had some involvement with the journal. Professor Hertweck has authored a number of articles for NPR and you can view his most recent articles below:

The chemistry and biology of cytochalasans
Kirstin Scherlach, Daniela Boettger, Nicole Remme and Christian Hertweck
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2010, 27, 869-886 

Type II polyketide synthases: gaining a deeper insight into enzymatic teamwork
Christian Hertweck, Andriy Luzhetskyy, Yuri Rebets and Andreas Bechthold
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2007, 24, 162-190