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MCS-ICS Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society |
MCS Awards and PrizesThe Barry Cohen Award:
This year's recipient of the Barry Cohen Award is Prof. Peter Seeberger from the Max Planck Institute (Germany) This international prize, which is awarded annually by the MCS-ICS, became possible thanks to an endowment fund donated by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in memory of Mr. Abraham (Barry) Cohen, a longstanding member of Teva's Board of Directors, who greatly contributed to the development of the company over more than 20 years, and passed away in 2012. Former award recipients include: Prof. Barry Trost (Stanford U.) Prof. Paul A. Wender (Stanford U.) Prof. Richard B. Silverman (Northwestern U.) Prof. Brian K. Schoichet (UCSF) Prof. Matthew D. Disney (Scripps) The NCK Prize: This year's recipient of the NCK prize is Prof. David Margulies from the Weizmann Institute of Science. NCK (www.nck.dk) is a Danish research and drug-development company (founded in 1956) that is focused on organic chemistry syntheses at various synthetic scales. Together with the ICS, the NCK prize will be given in alternating years to a young and to a well-established medicinal chemist, respectively. |