Mitch O’Connell, who handed in his PhD in 2013 and then headed off to Berkeley to work with Jennifer Doudna, has won the Boomerang Award from ASBMB, which is presented to a young expat Aussie to allow them to come back to attend ComBio and to give a talk in one of the symposium sessions. Mitch has also lined himself up to give a few seminars while he’s back, so keep an eye out for him. Congrats Mitch!