European Life Science Awards Nominees Announced

May 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Select Biosciences is pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual European Life Science Awards. The awards ceremony will celebrate the very best of the industry’s achievements and precedes the Second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH).

Nominated by their peers for awards in one of seven scientific and commercial categories, the finalists are as follows:


•  Research Group of the Year Sponsored by the Society of Biology
      Prof. Francesca Cutruzzolà, Sapienza University of Rome
      Studying the structure and function of proteins by protein engineering, kinetics and
      crystallography

      Dr Mark Saville, University of Dundee
      Studying the regulation of the p53 pathway by ubiquitination and deubiquitination, in
      addition tothe role of ubiquitin-like molecules in the p53 pathway

      Dr Andrew Marks, Columbia University Medical Centre
      Studying the structure and function relationships of ion channel macromolecular
      complexes

•  Most Innovative New product
   Synthetic Trachea (UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science)
   CARDIOHELP System (MAQUET)
   picoSpin-45 NMR spectrometer (picoSpin)

•  Best New Company
   InSphero AG
   Horizon Discovery
   Sony DADC Biosciences

•  Investigator of the Year
   Prof. Seamus J. Martin, Trinity College Dublin
   Prof. Pier G. Righetti, Politecnico di Milano
   Prof. Barry V.L. Potter, University of Bath

•  Most Effective Marketing Campaign
   Mirrorball high sensitivity cytometer product launch (TTP Labtech)
   ImageXpress Micro XL imaging product launch (Molecular Devices)
   mRNA reprogramming models online campaign (StemGent)


The remaining two categories, Business Leader of the Year and Most Innovative New Service, will be announced on the night. Judged by leading figures from industry and academia, the winners will receive their awards at a ceremony to be held on the evening of 29th May at the Radisson Blu hotel, Hamburg, Germany.

For more information on the awards, please visit www.lifescienceawards.com