It was announced on March 20th that Philip Cohen has receive the 2009 Society for Biomolecular Sciences' Achievement Award in recognition of his 'key contributions in the area of kinase research that led to the discovery of many therapeutic targets and the development of an important class of drugs.' The SBS Achievement Award will be presented at the SBS 15th Annual Conference in Lille, France on April 30th, where Philip will also present a lecture. The Award carries a plaque and honorarium of $5000. The 2008 Award was given to Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, formerly the Research Director of GlaxoSmithKline and currently the Executive Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

]Commenting on the Award, Philip said:

'I am delighted to have received this most unexpected award. It is particularly pleasing that I will accept it in the Conference Centre at Lille which I last visited some years ago to watch my daughter Suzanne play for Scotland in the World Bridge Olympiad!'