Prix Max Perutz

The European Crystallographic Association has awarded the fifth Max Perutz Prize to Prof. Claude Lecomte, Head of CRM2 , UMR CNRS 7036 and Institut Jean Barriol.

Claude Lecomte is recognised for his contributions to the measurement and analysis of high resolution X-ray crystallographic charge densities and the insight it has provided. He is acknowledged for pioneering work on high-resolution analyses and charge density modelling of polypeptide and other macromolecular structures based on the analysis of multiple electron density determinations using non-spherical scattering factors. He applied this formalism to hydrogen bonding, porphyrins and metastable states of light-induced spin-transition complexes and to the evaluation of the electrostatic potential from diffraction data on the above and on zeolites, zeolite-like materials and proteins.

Prof Lecomte has presented an acceptance Lecture at the Opening Ceremony of ECM26 in Darmstadt.

The European Crystallographic Association http://www.ecanews.org/ has awarded the Max Perutz Prize to Prof. Claude Lecomte ,Head of CRM2 , UMR CNRS 7036 and Institut Jean Barriol.