David Komander, a former PhD student with Dario Alessi and Daan van Aalten, has been awarded the Karl-Lohmann Prize of the Gesellschaft fuer Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM, German Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology). This bi-annual prize is awarded to a German scientist under 35, for their important contributions in biological chemistry during the PhD or postdoctoral period. David will receive his award and present a talk at the autumn-meeting of the GBM in Berlin.