2011 Award Recipients Named By Biophysical Society

The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the
recipients of its 2011 Society awards. The eight recipients will receive
their awards at the Society's 55th Annual Meeting on Monday, March 7,
2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. The
awardees are:

Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, Michigan State University, will receive the
Anatrace Membrane Protein Award for her seminal contributions to the
field of molecular bioenergetics and advances in membrane protein
biochemistry.

Eric Oldfield, University of Illinois, will be awarded the Avanti Award
in Lipids for his pioneering research using NMR methods to investigate
lipid membrane structure and for his work in drug discovery, targeting
lipid biosynthesis.

Diane Lidke, University of New Mexico, will receive the Margaret
Oakley Dayhoff Award for her innovative work integrating the
disciplines of biophysics, bioimaging, and quantitative biology.

Olaf Andersen, Cornell University, will receive the Distinguished
Service Award for his distinguished service to the membrane biophysics
and physiology communities and to the field of biophysics through his
work at the Journal of General Physiology.

Bertil Hille, University of Washington, will receive the Emily M. Gray
Award for his impact on biophysics through his research and authorship
of the influential Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes, which has served
as the "Ion Channel Bible" for biophysicists at all stages of their careers.

Attila Szabo, National Institutes of Health, will receive the Founders
Award for his numerous contributions to the understanding and
theoretical analysis of biophysical experiments.

Charalampos Kalodimos, Rutgers University, will receive the Michael and Kate BГЎrГЎny Award
for Young Investigators for his work using NMR spectroscopy, combined with other biophysical
methodologies, to determine the mechanisms underlying the functionality of large protein
machineries.

Toshio Yanagida, Osaka University, will receive the U.S. Genomics Award for Outstanding
Investigator in the Field of Single Molecule Biology for his important contributions to single
molecule fluorescence microscopy.

Source:

Ellen R. Weiss


Biophysical Society