The Overton Prize was established by the ISCB in memory of G. Christian Overton, a major contributor to the field of bioinformatics and member of the ISCB Board of Directors who died unexpectedly in 2000. The annual prize is awarded for outstanding accomplishment to a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career, with a guideline of up to a decade post degree, who has already made a significant contribution to the field of computational biology either through research, education, service, or a combination of the three.

We are very proud to announce that Prof. C. Dessimoz received the Overton prize 2019.

Congratulations to him!

Further information:

https://www.iscb.org/iscb-news-items/3902-2019-feb22-iscb-congratulates-2019-iscb-award-winners
https://www.iscb.org/iscb-awards/overton-prize
http://lab.dessimoz.org/people/christophe-dessimoz