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Professor Xile Hu wins the 2023 IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry
The 2023 IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry was announced and presented during the 49th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in The Hague, The Netherlands. Professor Xile Hu from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland won the experienced chemist award, while Dr. Mirabbos Hojamberdiev from Technical University Berlin, Dr. Jiayu Peng from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Zhe Zhuang, from Stanford University, respectively, received the young award.

2024 IUPAC-Richter Prize – Call for Nominations
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IIUPAC) and Gedeon Richter, Plc. announce the 2024 IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry.

Members wanted for the Board of the Platform Biology
From January 2024, there will be several vacancies on the Board of the Platform Biology of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). We are looking for new colleagues who would like to work with us for three years on issues and initiatives to promote the biological sciences and young talents in Switzerland.
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Michelle Frei – Illuminating cells
Prix Schläfli 2023: Her work could revolutionise fluorescence microscopy. Michelle Frei has developed a new method to render processes in living cells visible at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg. She has been awarded the Prix Schläfli for Chemistry in recognition of this.

IUPAC welcomes its new executive director, dr. Greta Heydenrych
IUPAC is pleased to announce that Dr. Greta Heydenrych is the new Executive Director of IUPAC.

The Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry - Call for Proposals for 2023
IUPAC has released its call for proposals to identify the top ten emerging technologies in chemistry with the results to be announced in 2023. Anyone can submit one or more proposals – this call for proposals is open to the global science community as well as to the general public. The call for the 2023 proposals is now open, deadline extended to April 10th 2023.