This year the FAIR-GSI Exotic Nuclei Community (GENCO) celebrated its 25th anniversary. Therefore, the NUSTAR plenary program included two sessions, in which some of the Young Scientist Awardees from previous years provided an overview of the advancement of their fields, their professional careers since receiving the GENCO Young Scientist Award, and their current projects. The presentations covered a wide range of research areas, from nuclear reactions, laser spectroscopy, nuclear theory and fundamental questions such as the lifetime of the neutron to applications of radioactive isotopes in medicine. 

This year's Young Scientist Award went to Dr. Guy Leckenby of TRIUMF and the University of British Columbia (both Vancouver, Canada) for his investigations of the decay of fully-ionized 205Tl using FRS-ESR to clarify open questions of the 205Pb dating in the early solar system. The Young Scientist Award is presented annually to outstanding young researchers working in the field of experimental or theoretical nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry. The winners are selected by a distinguished, international jury. The award comes with prize money of 1,000 €.

Furthermore, several new members were welcomed into the FAIR-GENCO community by receiving the "FAIR-GENCO Membership Award":

• Gerda Neyens (KU Leuven, Belgium) for ground breaking experimental results obtained with laser spectroscopic techniques, which impact on the understanding of nuclear structure around closed shells far-off stability
• Michael Block (HIM/GSI) for groundbreaking studies at SHIPTRAP that unravel various exciting features of superheavy elements and for taking a leading role in shaping the program of the NUSTAR Collaboration
• Christoph E. Düllmann (HIM/GSI) for the development of modern chemistry methods with single atoms, unique experiments at the TASCA gas-filled separator, and for the chemical characterization of the heaviest elements.