Prof. Dr. Daniel Legler
Secretary SSMCB
Head
Biotechnology Institute Thurgau (BITg)
at the University of Konstanz
Unterseestrasse 47
CH-8280 Kreuzlingen
Tel: +41 71 678 50 30
Fax: +41 71 678 50 21
e-mail: [email protected]
November 2, 2015
Friedrich-Miescher-Award 2016
Dear colleague,
Enclosed with this note please find the announcement of the Friedrich-Miescher-Award
2016. Please feel encouraged to nominate candidates for the award. If possible, I would
appreciate if you could display this announcement at a clearly visible location in your
department/institution. Thank you very much for your collaboration. Please note the deadline
has been extended to of November 15th, 2015 for submission.
Sincerely,
Daniel Legler
Secretary of SSMCB
SSMCB is member of
Friedrich-Miescher-Award 2016
To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of nucleic
acids the Swiss Society for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (formerly
Swiss Society for Biochemistry) has created the Friedrich-MiescherAward. The prize is intended to honour young biochemists and is donated
by the Friedrich-Miescher-Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
in Basel.
The following guidelines apply for nominations:
1. The Friedrich-Miescher-Award may be awarded once every year to a
young scientist for outstanding achievements in biochemistry.
2. Candidates are eligible who have not yet reached the age of 40 years
(for women with children 42) on January 1st of the award year.
3. Preference will be given to candidates with a documented record of
independent research.
4. The scientific work must have been carried out in Switzerland or by
Swiss scientists abroad.
Applications or nominations, including a letter stating the relevance of the
candidate's scientific work, his/her CV, list of publication and embedded
links to the four most relevant publications should be submitted by
November 15th, 2015 by e-mail as a single PDF file to the secretary of
the Swiss Society for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Prof. Dr.
Daniel Legler [[email protected]], Biotechnology Institute Thurgau
(BITg) at the University of Konstanz, Unterseestrasse 47, CH-8280
Kreuzlingen.