Spanish chemist Dr. Diana Giménez-Ibáñez has been selected for the Berlin Young Talents Award in the field of fluorine chemistry for her work on the influence of Fluorine-Specific interactions on the secondary structure of peptides. The award recognizes early-career female researchers who have produced outstanding scientific publications within five years after completing their doctoral degree. The jury noted in their decision that Diana Giménez-Ibáñez spent a great deal of time and energy fluorinating certain model proteins to produce Fluorine-Specific interactions between the amino acids in these proteins that stabilize the secondary structures. They also pointed out how challenging it is to introduce fluorine or fluorinated groups to precise points in proteins, since fluorine and its compounds are usually extremely reactive and thus often attack different parts of a protein indiscriminately. Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1349 “Fluorine-Specific Interactions” and the Salvay Fluor GmbH company award the 2500.00 euro prize. Researchers from a number of institutions work together in the CRC, including Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung), the University of Bayreuth, and the University of Stuttgart. The award ceremony will take place on January 16, 2020. Admission is free and open to the public.