BARCELONA, Professor Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, a Malaysian Scientist who is based in the United Kingdom has received the prestigious ESMO Award for Translational Research during the Opening Ceremony at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 held recently in Barcelona, Spain. The award is presented to candidates who are internationally recognized for outstanding achievements in translational research, and Prof Serena has become the first Malaysian to receive the said award. Prof Serena is being recognized for her outstanding research in the field of mutational signatures and her efforts to accelerate the translation of mutational signatures into the clinical domain.