This one slipped through the news net – apologies for that Marylène… On 15 June, the Sydney Protein Group had an Early Career Researcher event in which six speakers (including Marylène and Ana) vied for the opportunity to get a guaranteed speaking slot at the upcoming ComBio conference in Adelaide. After a series of high-quality talks, the judges awarded the prize to Marylène for her talk on the DNA-binding properties of ZNF217. Now she is packing her bags for Adelaide (well, not quite yet, but you get what I mean) – congratulations Marlène!