Professor Donald Hilvert of the ETH in Zurich is the recipient of the 2025 Abeles and Jencks Award, which was established to recognize outstanding contributions to our understanding of the chemistry of biological processes, with particular emphasis on structure, function, and mechanism. Prof. Hilvert’s discoveries have increased our understanding of enzyme mechanisms and catalysis and shown how the insights can be used to design and evolve catalysts to carry out new chemical transformations. His body of work highlights the broad range of experimental approaches that has led to the generation of catalysts that are nearly as efficient as those found in Nature.

Student Travel Awards for Fall ACS 2024 are due by May 15, 2024! The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry offers travel awards on a competitive basis for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend each national meeting and present a poster or oral presentation on their research. Selected awardees will be reimbursed up to $600 for travel and registration expenses.

The Division of Biological Chemistry is happy to announce the recipients of the 2024 DBC Undergraduate Achievement in Biochemistry or Chemical Biology Award. In its inaugural year, this award is intended to recognize graduating seniors who display a significant aptitude for biochemistry or chemical biology and to encourage further interest in the field.

The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry would like to congratulate the 2024 winners of the DBC Young Investigator Award!

The ACS Division of Biological Chemistry would like to congratulate the 2024 winners of the ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award! The three winners are: Prof. Pamela Chang, Cornell University; Prof. Shobhna Kapoor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; and Prof. Jun Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Professor Ben Cravatt of The Scripps Research Institute is the recipient of the 2024 Bristol Myers Squibb Award in Enzyme Chemistry! This award was established in 2023 and is designed to recognize “individuals whose discoveries are, or will be, translational in nature, impacting the biotechnology industry and over the longer term, human health.”