Fourth European Crystallography Prize

The European Crystallographic Association (ECA) invites nominations for the fourth European Crystallography Prize to recognize a significant achievement or discovery in crystallography in the past 5–10 years. Nominees should be affiliated or identified with the European crystallographic community, as broadly defined in the charter of the ECA (see the ECA-news site, http://www.ecanews.org)

The prize, including a monetary award and certificate of recognition, will be awarded at the opening ceremony of the 22nd European Crystallography Meeting (ECM-22) to be held in Budapest, Hungary, 26–31 August 2004. The previous laureates are: 2000, Professor Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel; 2001, Professor Jochen R. Schneider, HASYLAB at DESY, Germany; 2003, Professor Carmelo Giacovazzo, University of Bari, Italy.

Nominations for the prize should include a statement of the contribution for which the prize is to be awarded and a short curriculum vitae of the nominee. The nominations should be sent by e-mail or by regular mail no later than 28 February 2004 to: Professor Anders Liljas, Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden (telephone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]).