2025 winner of EBSA Prize: Miguel Mompeán, Spain
The prize was presented during the 15th European Biophysics Congress held 30th June – 4th July 2025 in Rome, Italy.
“For his pioneering methodologies integrating solution and solid-state NMR, enabling atomic-level insights into intrinsically disordered proteins and their transition to amyloid fibrils”
Title of presentation at EBSA2025:
Insights into the Early Stages of Necrosome Assembly via Integrative NMR Approaches
Invitation to nominate candidates
This prize, awarded at EBSA congresses, is aimed at early stage independent researchers. Member Societies are invited to nominate candidates for this prize, with the winner:
- receiving 2000 EUR and a medal
- presenting a lecture at the Congress
- expected to contribute an article to the European Biophysics Journal (either a review or original article).
Under normal conditions, it is a condition of being awarded the Prize, that the Awardee attends the congress in the year that the Prize is awarded. Free registration for the congress, and two nights accommodation only will be provided.
The prize is attributed to an independent researcher, normally within 12 years from PhD at the time the prize is given, although allowance will be made for any career breaks such as maternity leave or compulsory military service. Candidates should be working in one of the Member countries. Nominations (at most 2 pages long) by the National Societies (only one nomination from any society) should be sent to the EBSA Secretary.
Nominations for EBSA 2025 are no longer being accepted.
An invitation to member societies to submit nominations for the EBSA2027 congress will be sent out in 2026. This page will be updated with the relevant information and specific details of how to submit nominations.
The nomination should follow the structure below:
- Name of the Nominee:
- Institutional position and affiliation:
- Date of PhD:
- Career breaks (if applicable):
- Number of articles as corresponding author:
- Description of the Nominee’s scientific excellence, leadership and creativity:
- Paragraph stating additional reasons for the nomination:
The nomination form should be supplemented by the Nominee’s CV (not exceeding 2 pages), List of Publications, and reprints of maximum 3 publications. The decision will be made by the Executive Committee based on scientific excellence, leadership and creativity, with the possibility to call in external reviewers.
| Year | Winner | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miguel Mompeán | Madrid, Spain | |
| 2023 | Raya Sorkin | Tel Aviv, Isreal | Lecture |
| 2021 | Yaser Hashem | Bordeaux, France | |
| 2019 | Pere Roca-Cusachs | Barcelona, Spain | Lecture |
| 2017 | Philipp Kukura | Oxford, UK | Lecture |
| 2015 | Iva Tolić | Zagreb, Croatia | Lecture, invited review, video lecture |
| 2013 | Michael Sixt | Klosterneuburg, Austria | |
| 2011 | Kinneret Keren | Haifa, Israel | Lecture, invited review |
| 2009 | Mikel Valle | Derio-Bizkaia, Spain | Lecture, invited review |
| 2007 | Marc Baldus | Göttingen, Germany | Lecture, invited review |
| 2005 | György Panyi | Debrecen, Hungary | Lecture, invited review |
| 2003 | Martin Weik | Grenoble, France | Lecture |
| 2000 | Justin Molloy | York, UK | Lecture |
2023 winner of EBSA Prize: Raya Sorkin, Israel
The prize was presented during the 14th European Biophysics Congress held 31st July – 4th August 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden.