He was awarded for his work on the development of generic G protein peptidomimetics able to stabilize active state Gs and Gq protein-coupled receptors for application in drug discovery. Evotec, in partnership with the French Medicinal Chemistry Society SCT, is delighted to invite submissions for the “Prize for Excellence in Molecular Design” to be awarded for the second time to an exceptional young to mid-career scientific research talent from academia or industry. The successful candidate will be selected based on outstanding innovation and applied state-of-the-art molecular design skills that have contributed to a demonstrated advance to drug discovery boundaries. In particular, the assessment panel are keen to recognise “drug hunter” who have demonstrated excellence in drug design resulting in highly informative novel molecules significantly impacting the drug discovery project. Submissions preferably should be the subject of a published (or accepted) scientific article, will cover a “break-through” discovery or innovative technology/method, and may include the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).