Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc., Continues Tradition Of Presenting American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Award

Award Recognizes Outstanding Graduate Student and Preceptor for Top Research Thesis in Chemistry

Phillipsburg, NJ - Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc., a business unit of Tyco Healthcare, announces the presentation of the American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Award to Dr. Raquel L. Lieberman, honored as the graduate student with the top research chemistry thesis for 2006, and to her preceptor, Dr. Amy C. Rosenzweig. The award was presented Tuesday, March 28, 2006, in conjunction with the 231st ACS national meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

Developed in 1978 by J.T.Baker Chemical Co., now a part of Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc., the ACS Nobel Laureate award is based on the foundation that the chemical industry has a responsibility to nurture continued academic excellence. In doing so, the award has developed significant prestige within the scientific community and inspired the Nobel Laureate Lecture Series known as "Perspectives for the Future," an annual presentation featuring winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry or medicine, which is presented in locales at leading research institutions globally.

"The ACS Nobel Laureate award not only honors and rewards students for their achievements within the field of chemistry, but is also evidence that Mallinckrodt Baker is dedicated to encouraging and rewarding students for their academic achievements," said John Covington, senior director, research & technology, Mallinckrodt Baker. "Mallinckrodt Baker is extremely proud to honor Dr. Raquel Lieberman and her preceptor, Dr. Amy Rosenzweig, with this year's ACS Nobel Laureate Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry."

Lieberman, a graduate student at Northwestern University, completed her thesis determining the structure of particulate monooxygenase (pMMO), an integral membrane metalloenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of methane to methanol in methanotrophic bacteria. As this year's recipient, she receives a plaque bearing the signatures of Nobel Laureates in the scientific field, as well as a stipend.

SOURCE: Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.