NVMS award for Albert Heck
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The Dutch Society for Mass Spectrometry (NVMS) has honoured Albert Heck with the Outstanding Research Award 2016. Heck received the award for his many excellent contributions to the field of Mass Spectrometry. Heck is Professor of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics at Utrecht University, and Scientific Director of the Netherlands Proteomics Centre and the large-scale research facility Proteins At Work.
The NVMS was founded in 1964 and is part of the KNCV and NNV. The NVMS welcomes everyone interested in Mass Spectrometry and organizes twice-yearly a national Mass Spectrometry meeting and every two years an international Mass Spectrometry event. Recipient of the 2014 Award is Jeroen Krijgsveld (DKFZ).