Young scientist prize goes to Turkish researcher

Ataman Sendol, a Zurich-based Turkish molecular biologist, has been named one of three regional winners of the Young Life Scientist 2010 Prize awarded jointly by GE Healthcare and Science magazine. Sendol was awarded the prize for Europe for his PhD dissertation on cancer and mechanisms for controlling programmed cell death. He received his award and a cash prize of $5,000 at a recent awards banquet in Stockholm . The Young Life Scientists Prize aims to support and reward promising young scientists in their research in the field of molecular biology. Since 1995, the prize has been awarded to over 81 winners from around the world.