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Avanti Award in Lipids Susan A. Henry, Cornell University Studies genetic regulation and signaling related to phospholipid and triacylglycerol metabolism in yeast |
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Herbert Tabor Research Award F. Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry Studies of the role of molecular chaperones in protein folding and in diseases of aberrant folding |
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ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education James M. Ntambi, University of Wisconsin–Madison Studies the genetic regulation of the stearoyl-CoA desaturases in metabolism and in disease states such as obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and cancer |
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Herbert Tabor Research Award Arthur L. Horwich, Yale School of Medicine Focuses on chaperonin-mediated protein folding |
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ASBMB Young Investigator Award Shu-ou Shan, California Institute of Technology Research addresses how a novel class of nucleotide hydrolases drives the efficient and accurate delivery of newly synthesized proteins to their correct destinations |
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Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkeley Studies RNA-mediated initiation of protein synthesis, RNA–protein complexes involved in targeting proteins for export out of cells and the early steps in gene regulation by RNA interference |
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ASBMB-Merck Award Vivek Malhotra, Centre for Genomic Regulation Studies the mechanism of secretory cargo sorting and transport carrier biogenesis during conventional and unconventional protein secretion |
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Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award Peter Blumberg, National Cancer Institute Studies the regulation of protein kinase C and related mediators of diacylglycerol signaling pathways and the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 as a therapeutic target for pain |
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Delano Award for Computational Biosciences Helen M. Berman, Rutgers University Focuses on the structure and interactions of biological macromolecules and the creation of computer resources to enable analysis of proteins and nucleic acids |
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Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator in Lipid Research Tobias Walther, Yale School of Medicine Studies the mechanisms of lipid and membrane homeostasis |
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Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award Brian K. Kobilka, Stanford University School of Medicine Investigates the structural basis of G-protein–coupled receptor signal transduction |
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William C. Rose Award Ivan Dikic, Goethe University School of Medicine Studies how ubiquitin regulates cellular functions and is implicated in development of human diseases, including cancer, dermatitis and bacterial infections |
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Fritz Lipmann Lectureship Olke C. Uhlenbeck, Northwestern University Focuses on relating RNA structure to function |
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Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology Daniel E. Goldberg, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Researches metabolism of intraerythrocytic malaria parasites |