Jop Kind wins the John Kendrew award

Jop Kind, group leader at the Hubrecht Institute, has been awarded the John Kendrew award. The John Kendrew Young Scientist Award (JKA) was launched in 2007 as an initiative from the EMBL Pensioner’s Association to honour EMBL’s first Director General, Sir John Kendrew  (1975-1982), and to support scientists in the early stages of their career. 

“I am deeply honored to be awarded the 2016 John Kendrew award and find my name among this select group of excellent scientists. I can’t wait to be back at the EMBL for the award ceremony and re-experience the buzzing atmosphere of this magical institute.  The innovative and out-of-the-box approach to science at the EMBL really shaped me as a scientist and was hugely important en route towards independence.”

Earlier this year Jop Kind also won the AVL-prize and was described as “exceptionally creative, thinks out-of-the-box, is willing to take risks, and pushes technologies beyond existing limits with his golden hands”.

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