This award honors the Society’s distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science, contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics, and supported the Biophysical Society. The Fellows will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during the Biophysical Society’s 59th Annual Meeting on in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Biophysical Society Announces 2015 Society Fellows

Rockville, MD— The Biophysical Society is delighted to announce its 2015 Society Fellows. This award honors the Society’s distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science, contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics, and supported the Biophysical Society. The Fellows will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during the Biophysical Society’s 59th Annual Meeting on Monday February 8, 2015 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Fellows are:

Susan Marqusee, University of California, Berkeley, for her work as one of the world’s top experimentalists in the field of protein folding, which has had, and continues to have, a significant impact in the field of protein biophysics in general.

Joseph J. Falke, University of Colorado, for his high-impact, wide-ranging contributions to a molecular understanding of chemosensory and signaling reactions on membrane surfaces, and for developing novel biophysical methods to study membrane proteins

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois, for developing and applying theories for proton-coupled electron transfer reactions and computational methods to understanding hydrogen tunneling, electrostatics, and motion in enzymatic reactions.

Timothy Lohman, Washington University School of Medicine, for his pioneering biophysical studies of the mechanisms and energetics of protein-DNA interactions, including the enzymology and kinetic mechanisms of DNA helicases and translocases, and single stranded DNA binding proteins.

George Phillips, Rice University, for his fundamental contributions to studying protein structure, dynamics and solvation by X-ray diffraction and for promoting graduate and postdoctoral training in biophysics.

James Sellers, NHLBI, NIH, for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of the structure, function, and regulation of the myosin superfamily of proteins.

The Biophysical Society, founded in 1958, is a professional, scientific Society established to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics. The Society promotes growth in this expanding field through its annual meeting, monthly journal, and committee and outreach activities. Its 9000 members are located throughout the U.S. and the world, where they teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, laboratories, government agencies, and industry. For more information on these awards, the Society, or the 2015 Annual Meeting, visit www.biophysics.org.

(Announcement reprinted from biophysics.org. See original story here. )