CMAC’s Dr Thomas McGlone (University of Strathclyde) has been awarded an RSC Inspirational Committee award for chairing the 4^th Early Career Symposium (ECS) for chemists earlier this year. The award was presented by Professor John Holman (RSC president) last week in Belfast during the annual RSC General Assembly Award Ceremony where Thomas was joined by Sian Sloan-Dennison (Bionano group at Strathclyde) and additional ECS committee members from around the UK.