Dario Alessi has been shortlisted for the first Young European Prize for Invention and Discovery. Dario and two other finalists selected from 20 entrants who applied from all over the world, will present their ideas to the judges on October 21st (the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's birth). Dario was shortlisted for his discovery of PDK1, the "missing link" in insulin signalling. If successful, this £30,000 award will add to the Colworth Medal in Biochemistry (1999) and the Eppendorf Award (2000) already gained by Dario.