Since 1980 the society invites a renowned biochemist or molecular biologist for a lecture tour in The Netherlands each year.
NVBMB SPEAKER OF THE YEAR 2025
The NVBMB is happy to announce the NVBMB speaker of the year 2025:
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
She will give a lecture during the gravity meeting Imagine! In Utrecht on June 17th, on June 19th in Leiden (morning) and June 19th in Groningen (afternoon). More information will be posted later on this site.
About the Speaker of the Year
Since 1980 the society invites a renowned biochemist or molecular biologist for a lecture tour in The Netherlands each year. The Speaker of the Year visits three universities where (s)he presents a lecture and interacts with scientists and students. Many of the invited speakers are Nobel laureates, while several of the NVBMB Speakers of the Year later received the Nobel prize like Efraim Racker, NVBMB Speaker of the Year in 1982 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997; Gunter Blobel, NVBMB Speaker of the Year 1983, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999; Paul Nurse, NVBMB Speaker of the Year in 1992 received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001; Roger Tsien, NVBMB Speaker of the Year in 2001 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008; Aaron Ciechanover, NVBMB Speaker of the Year 2004 who received the Nobel Prize of Chemistry in the same year; Randy Schekman, NVBMB Speaker of the year 2009 who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013 and David Baker, NVBMB Speaker of the Year in 2013 who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024.