Mutagensis Paper of the Year Award Winners

Mutagenesis is the official journal of the United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) and brings together research aimed at the identification, characterization and elucidation of the mechanisms of action of physical, chemical and biological agents capable of producing genetic change in living organisms and the study of the consequences of such changes.

The Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award aims to recognise high-quality research and is presented by the UKEMS to the lead author of the most highly downloaded paper in the first six month following publication in Mutagenesis. The winning author is selected by the UKEMS committee to receive their award (costing of £500, plus an award plaque) and are invited to present the winning paper at the next UKEMS Conference. The author(s) need not be a member of UKEMS. For information on the journal and how you can submit to Mutagenesis, please visit the website here.

Mutagensis Paper of the Year Award Winners

2024: Awarded to Sam Khan
Ex vivo explant model of adenoma and colorectal cancer to explore mechanisms of action and patient response to cancer prevention therapies
Sam Khan, Gareth J Miles, Constantinos Demetriou, Zahirah Sidat, Nalini Foreman, Kevin West, Ankur Karmokar, Lynne Howells, Catrin Pritchard, Anne L Thomas, Karen Brown.
Mutagenesis, Volume 37, Issue 5/6, Sept/Nov 2022, Pages 227-237

2023: Awarded to Angela Caipa Garcia
Organoids for toxicology and genetic toxicology: applications with drugs and prospects for environmental carcinogenesis
Angela L Caipa Garcia, Volker M Arlt, David H Phillips.
Mutagenesis, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 143–154

2022: Awarded to Fiona Chapman
The in vitro ToxTracker and Aneugen Clastogen Evaluation extension assay as a tool in the assessment of relative genotoxic potential of e-liquids and their aerosols
Lukasz Czekala, Fiona Chapman, Liam Simms, Kathryn Rudd, Edgar Trelles Sticken, Roman Wieczorek, Lisa Maria Bode, Jutta Pani, Nynke Moelijker, Remco Derr, Inger Brandsma, Giel Hendriks, Matthew Stevenson, Tanvir Walele
Mutagenesis, Volume 36, Issue 2, March 2021, Pages 129–142

2021: Awarded to David M Wilson III
Functions of the major abasic endonuclease (APE1) in cell viability and genotoxin resistance
Daniel R McNeill, Amy M Whitaker, Wesley J Stark, Jennifer L Illuzzi, Peter J McKinnon, Bret D Freudenthal, David M Wilson III
Mutagenesis, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 27–38

2020: Awarded to Masamitsu Honma
Improvement of quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) tools for predicting Ames mutagenicity: outcomes of the Ames/QSAR International Challenge Project
Masamitsu Honma, Airi Kitazawa, Alex Cayley, Richard V Williams, Chris Barber, Thierry Hanser, Roustem Saiakhov, Suman Chakravarti, Glenn J Myatt, Kevin P Cross, Emilio Benfenati, Giuseppa Raitano, Ovanes Mekenyan, Petko Petkov, Cecilia Bossa, Romualdo Benigni, Chiara Laura Battistelli, Alessandro Giuliani, Olga Tcheremenskaia, Christine DeMeo, Ulf Norinder, Hiromi Koga, Ciloy Jose, Nina Jeliazkova, Nikolay Kochev, Vesselina Paskaleva, Chihae Yang, Pankaj R Daga, Robert D Clark, James Rathman
Mutagenesis, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 3–16