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With 2014 upon us and the nominations now closed, it’s time to announce the F1000 Specialist of the Year 2013.

After a tremendously eventful year for the F1000 Specialists program, and as we look forward to another equally eventful one, we’re pleased to highlight the achievements of four outstanding F1000 Specialists, one of which we crown F1000 Specialist of the Year 2013.

Our three runner-ups will each receive, in addition to a certificate, an article-processing charge waiver for F1000Research, a one-year F1000Prime personal subscription for five of their friends, an F1000Research bag, an F1000Prime calculator and an F1000Prime Notebook. The winner will receive a £100 Amazon Voucher in addition to the prizes mentioned above, and an F1000Prime mug.

The results are as follows….. *drum roll*

Runner-ups:

Sowmini Kumaram (Rutgers University, USA) for presenting the first F1000 Specialist talk.

Yan Zheng (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA) for co-organizing the F1000 New York meet-up.

Sylvia Samaniego (Stony Brook University, USA) for co-organizing the F1000 New York meet-up.

Winner:

Congratulations to Jerome Korzelius (DKFZ, Germany) for presenting an F1000 Specialist talk, organising the F1000 Heidelberg meet-up and writing two blogs on his recent conference trips for Naturally Selected. I spoke to Jerome, who said, “I am very pleased to be awarded this prize; I have really enjoyed the experience I gained by being an F1000 Specialist. It has given me plenty of insight into what F1000 is doing to change science publishing and communication, and I hope to continue representing F1000 at the DKFZ in the future.”

Well done to all our selected F1000 Specialists. Your prizes will be in the post shortly, and we look forward to hearing about your future events.

If you are planning an F1000-related event at your institute this year, don’t forget to register your event with us, and as always, we are more than happy to help you with arrangements and send some merchandise.