Congratulations to Tricia Cohen, who was appointed to an Honorary Personal Chair in Biochemistry within the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee in February 2001. This is a great honour and reflects her outstanding work in the fields of cell signalling and protein phosphatase research. Tricia would like to take this opportunity to thank "All her postdocs, graduate students and technicians for their enterprise and diligence over the years, who are essential for any success."