The Carl Brändén Award

The Carl Brändén Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, is given to an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the areas of education and/or service to the science.  Award recipients include: Bruce Alberts (to be conferred in 2009), Howard Schachman(2008),  Lubert Stryer (2007).

The Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award

The Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award, sponsored by Genentech, is granted in recognition of exceptional contributions in protein science, which profoundly influence our understanding of biology.  Award recipients include:  Janet Thornton (to be conferred in 2009), Douglas Rees (2008),  Leemor Joshua-Tor (2007). 

The Stein and Moore Award

Sponsored by The Protein Society, this award is named for Nobel Laureates Dr. William Stein and Dr. Stanford Moore.  The award venerates their contribution to understanding the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active center of the rib nuclease molecule.  Recipients of the Stein and Moore Award, sponsored by The Protein Society, include: Peter Walter (to be conferred in 2009). Previous recipients, sponsored by The Merck Company Foundation, include: Susan Lindquist (2008), Paul Schimmel (2007), Arthur Horwich and F. Ulrich Hartl (2006), Avram Hershko and Alexander Varshavsky (2005), Wolfgang Baumeister (2004), Chris Dobson (2003), Paul Sigler (2002), Alan Fersht (2001), Brian Matthews (2000), Mo Cleland (1999), David Davies (1998), Mildred Cohn (1997), David Eisenberg (1996), Harold Scheraga (1995), Michael Rossman (1994), Walter Kauzmann (1993), Robert Baldwin (1992), Russell Doolittle (1991), Kurt W¸thrich (1990), Hans Neurath (1989), Fred Richards (1988), and Emil Smith (1987).

The Hans Neurath Award

This award, supported by the Hans Neurath Foundation, recognizes an individual who has made a recent contribution of unusual merit to basic research in the field of protein science, including but not restricted to the chemistry, design, folding, structure, or biological function of proteins.  Award recipients include: William Eaton (to be conferred in 2009), Robert Stroud (2008), Robert Sauer (2007), Christopher Dobson (2006), Roderick MacKinnon (2005), Carlos Bustamante (2004), James Wells (2003), Ad Bax (2002), Arthur Horwich (2001), Janet Thornton (2000), Peter Kim (1999), and Ken Dill (1998).

The Christian B. Anfinsen Award

This award, sponsored by The Aviv Family Foundation, recognizes significant technical achievements in the field of protein science.  Award recipients include: Wayne Hubbell (to be conferred in 2009), Carol Robinson(2008), Carl Frieden (2007), John R. Yates, III (2006), Matthias Mann (2005), Meir Wilchek (2004), Ada Yonath (2003), Roger Tsien (2002), Martin Karplus (2001), Stephen Benkovic (2000), Alan Fersht (1999), James Wells (1998), Wayne Hendrickson (1997), and Donald Hunt (1996).

The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award

This award, sponsored by The Protein Society since 2006, recognizes a recent and highly significant contribution to the application of chemistry to the study of proteins.   Recipients of the Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, sponsored by The Protein Society, include: Donald Hilvert (to be conferred in 2009), JoAnne Stubbe (2008), Michael Marletta (2007), Barbara Imperiali (2006).  Previous recipients, sponsored by SynPep Corporation, include: Ronald Raines (2005), Homme Hellinga (2004), Michael Hecht (2003), and Steve Kent (2002).  The award was previously named the Amgen Lectureship, under which recipients included Robert Sauer (2001), David Eisenberg (2000), Randy Schekman (1999), M. Yoshida (1998), Stan Prusiner (1997), T. Tsukihara and S. Yoshikawa  (1996), and, Jane and David Richardson (1995).

The Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award

This award, sponsored by Merck Research Laboratories, recognizes a significant contribution to the study of proteins by a scientist who is in the early stages of an independent career and, generally, not more than 40 years of age at the time of the award. Award recipients include: Virginia Cornish (2009 award to be conferred in 2010), Jamie Doudna Cate (2008), Benjamin Cravatt (2007), Vijay Pande (2006), Thomas Muir (2005), Erin O’Shea and Jonathan Weissman (2004), Yigong Shi (2003), Carolyn Bertozzi (2002), Kevan Shokat (2001), David Baker (2000), Jeffery Kelly (1999), Nikola Pavletich (1998), John Kuriyan (1997), Michael Summers (1996), Stuart Schreiber (1995), Peter Kim (1994), Ad Bax and Marius Clore (1993), Peter Schultz (1992), Carl Pabo (1991), Rachel Klevit (1990), and William DeGrado (1989).