PEPTIDES, Elsevier Inc.,and the Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans,

are proud to sponsor the

GAYLE A. OLSON & RICHARD D. OLSON PRIZEto be awarded annually to the senior author

of the most meritorious original research articleon the behavioral effects of peptides

published during the previous year in PEPTIDES

The recipient will receivea cash prize of $2,000,

and write an article in PEPTIDESdescribing the winning research program

as a Gayle A. Olson & Richard D. Olson Prize review.

In addition to their primary research articles,their annual review of the research literature on opiate peptides

has become a highly respected mainstay in the fi eld.

All behavioral articles published in PEPTIDES during the calendar yearwill automatically be considered for the Olson Prize.

Abba J. Kastin, Editor-in-Chief of PEPTIDES, will chair the selection committee

Previous Recipients2001 John E. Morley2002 Aron Weller2003 Richard J. Bodnar2004 Masaaki Yoshikawa2005 Jan M. Van Ree2006 Stephen C. Benoit2007 Jaak Panksepp2008 Susan Rotzinger2009 Jolanta Kotlinska2010 Rui Wang2011 Illana Gozes2012 Pilar Herrero

The Olson Prize was inauguratedon the occasion of their retirementfrom the Department of Psychology

at the University of New Orleans,to honor the outstanding contributions of

Gayle A. Olson and Richard D. Olsonto the fi eld of peptide research

over the past four decades.

Each of these distinguished scientistshas actively published original research

on the behavioral effects of neuropeptidesand served on the editorial board ofPEPTIDES since its inception in 1980.

PEPTIDES, Elsevier Inc.,and the Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans,

are proud to announce that

N.K. SubhedarProfessor

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research First Floor, Central Tower, Sai Trinity Building,

Garware Circle, Pashan, Pune 411 021, India Phone: +91-20-25908055

e-mail: subhedar@iiserpune.ac.in

has been selected as the 2013 winner of the

GAYLE A. OLSON & RICHARD D. OLSON PRIZEAwarded to the senior author of the most meritorious original research article on the

behavioural effects of peptides published during the previous year in PEPTIDES.

The citation for the winning article is

Ritesh J. Rangani, Manoj A. Upadhya, Kartik T. Nakhate, Dadasaheb M. Kokare, Nishikant K. Subhedar, Nicotine evoked improvement in learning and memory

is mediated through NPY Y1 receptors in rat model of Alzheimer’s disease, Peptides (2012) 317-328

Dr. Subhedar will discuss her research in a special article to be published in PEPTIDES.