Scott Silverman has received the 2009 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry

Scott Silverman has received the 2009 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry given by the American Chemical Society's Division of Biological Chemistry. Scott will be presented the award (consisting of a bronze medal and honorarium) at the 238th National ACS Meeting in August in Washington D.C. during an awards symposium in his honor. The award was created in 1934 and is intended to stimulate fundamental research in biological chemistry. It is given to candidates under 38 years of age who have "accomplished outstanding research in biological chemistry of unusual merit and independence of thought and originality." Previous awardees include our former Department Head, Herb Carter; our former Ph.D. student and Nobel Laureate, Phil Sharp; and numerous other recognizable names such as James D. Watson. Paul Hergenrother was last year's awardee.