Mikel Valle, head of a research group of the Structural Biology Unit of CIC bioGUNE, has just won the 2009 EBSA Award. With this award given by the European Biophysical Societies Association, it recognizes the work of researchers under 40 who have worked in Europe and have made important contributions in the field of biophysical. In the opinion of EBSA, Dr. Valle has made an important contribution to the structural research of macromolecular complexes through the use of electron microscopy techniques.