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Sine Larsen awarded the Tenth Max Perutz Prize of the ECA

[Sine Larsen]From the website of the European Crystallographic Association:

The Tenth Max Perutz Prize of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) has been awarded to Professor Sine Larsen from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Max Perutz Prize is awarded in recognition of Sine Larsen’s multi-faceted contributions to crystallography, including crystal structure analyses of organic molecules and proteins, charge density studies, and the development of synchrotron radiation facilities. Sine Larsen has served crystallographic science and related disciplines in important leadership roles.

Sine Larsen will receive the Prize at the Opening Ceremony of the 31st European Crystallographic Meeting in Oviedo (Spain) on 22 August 2018. On this occasion she will present her Award Lecture.

Professor Larsen served on the IUCr Executive Committee as General Secretary and Treasurer from 1993 to 2005, as President from 2008 to 2011 and as Immediate Past President until 2014.