Congratulations to Dr. Nick Cox on being awarded The International Conference of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) Founders Medal. Dr. Cox is recognised for his achievement in developing and applying high-field EPR techniques to elucidate water splitting in oxidative photosynthesis and to the study of metal cofactors in metalloenzymes.

ICMRBS was co-founded by Oleg Jardetzky, Mildred Cohn, and Robert Shulman in 1964. The conference has been organized biannually over the past half century, and currently attracts between 800 and 1,000 scientists to a six-day scientific forum held at different locations across the world.

In 2002, the ICMRBS Council established the Founders' Medal to recognize exceptional contributions by young scientists to the development and/or progress of the field of magnetic resonance in biological systems.

Nominations are invited for this prestigious medal to be presented at the forthcoming XXIXth ICMRBS meeting, which will be held in Boston, MA, USA, August 23-28, 2020. The award winner will receive the Founders' Medal and $3,000 USD, and she/he will be invited to present a lecture at the above mentioned conference.

Congratulations to Dr Nicholas White on becoming a Rennie Memorial Medallist Awardee 2020. The Rennie Memorial Medal is awarded by the RACI for excellence in research in Chemical Science.

It is awarded annually to a financial member of the RACI with less than eight years of professional experience since completing their most recent relevant qualification of a BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc or PhD, who has contributed most towards the development of some branch of the chemical science. The contribution is judged by the research work published during the 10 years immediately preceding the award.

Further details available on the RACI Website

Congratulations to Associate Professor Malcolm McLeod - 2020 Churchill Fellowship Award Recipient.

The prestigious Churchill Fellowship is an award offered to Australians from all walks of life to address challenges facing contemporary Australia. This year there were 112 recipients of the Churchill Fellowships including 6 from the ACT. The award provides opportunities for travel to meet and work alongside leaders of their fields while promoting the exchange of knowledge and experience.

Assoc. Prof. Mal McLeod has received the award with plans to visit leading international drug checking services (Austria, Netherlands and Portugal) to rapidly improve the analytical chemistry capabilities here in Australia.

For more detail on the Churchill Fellowships and a full list of recipients please visit the Winston Churchill Trust's website. For more details on Mal's project please visit his Fellow page.

The field this year was highly competitive for the David Syme Research Prize with nominations from across Australia. After considerable discussion the committee's decision to award Luke Connal this year's prize included the demonstrated strength and excellence of his research, his research leadership in the program, and also the commercial and industrial interest and potential of his work.

Commemorating the contributions of Sir Paul Callaghan to magnetic resonance research, education and development in Australia and New Zealand the Sir Paul Callaghan medal recognises a senior researcher within 15 years of their PhD for his/her contribution to magnetic resonance in Australia.

Dr Nick Cox is the 2019 medal recipient and you can read about recent updates on Nicks work in one of ANZMAGazine issues. Included in the article is Nicks relfection on what was some of the most helpful career advice he has received; " Frank Neese once told me that the only thing worth worrying about is doing good work, and the rest works itself out".

Dr Lara Malins was awarded The Athel Beckwith Lectureship in the Organic Chemistry Divisions for an early career researcher.