Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Life 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Life from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. One review and two research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Life from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in 2025 after peer review.
– Two research article awards:
    a. The first prize: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Life in 2025 after peer review.
    b. The second prize: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Life in 2025 after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in February 2025.

Kind regards,
Life Editorial Office

 

Life Best Paper Award

 

Winner announcement: 28 February 2025

 

Past Winners

 

Year: 

2023 2022

Winner

28 pages, 1329 KiB  

Open AccessReview

A Flavonoid on the Brain: Quercetin as a Potential Therapeutic Agent in Central Nervous System Disorders

by Dagmara Wróbel-Biedrawa, Karolina Grabowska, Agnieszka Galanty, Danuta Sobolewska and Irma Podolak

Life 2022, 12(4), 591; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life12040591 - 15 Apr 2022

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Supplementary material:
Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 350 KiB)

13 pages, 1805 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Taurine Ameliorates Tunicamycin-Induced Liver Injury by Disrupting the Vicious Cycle between Oxidative Stress and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

by Sou Hyun Kim, Hyeji Seo, Doyoung Kwon, Dong Yeon Yuk and Young-Suk Jung

Life 2022, 12(3), 354; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life12030354 - 28 Feb 2022

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Supplementary material:
Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 417 KiB)

19 pages, 2470 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Comparative Characteristics and Pathogenic Potential of Escherichia coli Isolates Originating from Poultry Farms, Retail Meat, and Human Urinary Tract Infection

by Jolanta Sarowska, Tomasz Olszak, Agnieszka Jama-Kmiecik, Magdalena Frej-Madrzak, Bozena Futoma-Koloch, Andrzej Gawel, Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa and Irena Choroszy-Krol

Life 2022, 12(6), 845; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life12060845 - 06 Jun 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto Chairman

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)

Dr. Einar Ringø

Dr. Ke-Vin Chang

National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch

Winner

18 pages, 1452 KiB  

Open AccessReview

Recent Progress and Opportunities for Nucleic Acid Aptamers

by Jonghoe Byun

Life 2021, 11(3), 193; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life11030193 - 28 Feb 2021

19 pages, 1867 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Qualitative Prediction of Ligand Dissociation Kinetics from Focal Adhesion Kinase Using Steered Molecular Dynamics

by Justin Spiriti and Chung F. Wong

Life 2021, 11(2), 74; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life11020074 - 20 Jan 2021

13 pages, 2709 KiB  

Open AccessArticle

Bisphenol A, Bisphenol F, and Bisphenol S: The Bad and the Ugly. Where Is the Good?

by Sophie Fouyet, Elodie Olivier, Pascale Leproux, Mélody Dutot and Patrice Rat

Life 2021, 11(4), 314; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/life11040314 - 03 Apr 2021

Award Committee

Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai Chairman