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TPS awards recognize excellence across the diverse disciplines that collectively advance our understanding of proteins; their structure, function, design, and application. The Awards honor researchers who have distinguished themselves with significant achievements in protein research and those who have made outstanding contributions in leadership, teaching, and service. TPS members and non-members may submit nominations, which are awarded by Executive Council, and recipients are honored at the Annual Symposium.
Membership is not required to submit a nomination. Nominees do not have to be a member of the Society. The deadline for nominations for our 2025 Awards is November 1, 2024.
Carl Brändén Award
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In the tradition of Carl Brändén, pioneer in structural biology, co-author of the seminal text Introduction to Protein Structure, and leader of the world-class synchrotron facility at Grenoble, the Carl Brändén Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the areas of education and/or service.
The 2023 awardee, computational biologist Arthur Lesk of Penn State University, influenced generations of scientists with his analyses of protein structure and evolution, and his textbooks on protein science, genomics, and bioinformatics.
Specific Requirement: Sustained, high-impact research contributions to the field and additional contributions to education/service.
Previous Recipients
2022 - David Goodsell; 2021 - Sheila Jaswal; 2020 - Karen Fleming; 2019 - Minoru Kanehisa; 2018 - Jane and Dave Richardson; 2017 - Billy Hudson; 2016 - Gary Pielak; 2015 - C. Robert Matthews; 2014 - Stephen White; 2013 - Sheena Radford; 2012 - Helen Berman; 2011 - Michael Summers; 2010 - Nobuhiro Go; 2009 - Bruce Alberts; 2008 - Howard Schachman; 2007 - Lubert Stryer
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Christian B. Anfinsen Award
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Established in 1996 and named for Nobel laureate Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, whose research on the structure and function of enzyme proteins contributed to the general acceptance of the “thermodynamic hypothesis,” The Christian B. Anfinsen Award recognizes significant technological achievements and/or methodological advancements in protein research.
2023 awardee Mei Hong of MIT created innovative tools to interrogate protein structure and dynamics using solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
Specific Requirement: Technological achievement or significant methodological advances.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Jin Zhang; 2021 - Petra Fromme; 2020 - Stephen Sligar; 2019 - Anthony Kossiakoff; 2018 - Yifan Cheng; 2017 - Lewis Kay; 2016 - Andreas Pluckthun; 2015 - Sachdev Sidhu; 2014 - Robert Tycko; 2013 - Tom Alber; 2012 - Barry Honig; 2011 - Wayne Bolen; 2010 - Yoshinori Fujiyoshi; 2009 - Wayne Hubbell; 2008 - Carol Robinson;2007 - Carl Frieden; 2006 - John R. Yates, III; 2005 - Matthias Mann; 2004 - Meir Wilchek; 2003 - Ada Yonath; 2002 - Roger Tsien; 2001 - Martin Karplus; 2000 - Stephen Benkovic; 1999 - Alan Fersht; 1998 - James Wells; 1997 - Wayne Hendrickson; 1996 - Donald Hunt
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award
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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a founder of protein crystallography as well as a Nobel laureate. The Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award, supported by a grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is granted in recognition of exceptional contributions in protein science which profoundly influence our understanding of biology.
2023 awardee Patricia Clark of the University of Notre Dame has shed light on mechanisms of co-translational folding, codon usage, and other factors that influence protein structure in vivo.
Specific Requirement: Profound influence on our understanding of biology.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Sun Hur; 2021 - Janet Smith; 2020 - Catherine Drennan; 2019 - Hao Wu; 2018 - Susan Marqusee; 2017 - Juli Feigon and Manajit Hayer-Hartl; 2016 - Rachel Klevit; 2015 - Eva Nogales; 2014 - Judith Frydman; 2013 - Christopher Hill and Cynthia Wolberger; 2012 - Mark Lemmon; 2011 - Brenda Schulman and Wei Yang; 2010 - Lila Gierasch; 2009 - Janet Thornton; 2008 - Douglas Rees; 2007 - Leemor Joshua-Tor
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Emil Thomas Kaiser Award
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In 2002, The Protein Society established The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award. Dr. Kaiser’s highly original research, including the profoundly significant discovery of the necessity amphiphilic helices to biological life, can be said to have introduced a new field of chemistry. In this tradition, The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award recognizes a recent, highly significant contribution in applying chemistry to the study of proteins.
The Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, sponsored by generous individual contributions, recognizes a recent and highly-significant application of chemistry to the study of proteins. The 2023 recipient is Professor Jason Gestwicki (University of California San Francisco). Dr. Gestwicki has developed innovative tools and approaches to target diseases of protein misfolding.
Specific Requirement: Application of chemistry to the study of proteins.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Phillip Kukura; 2021 - Lei Wang; 2020 - Shuguang Zhang; 2019 - Shahriar Mobashery; 2018 - Michael Rosen; 2017- Thomas Muir; 2016 - Charles Craik; 2015 - Anna Mapp; 2014 - Carol Fierke; 2013 - Wilfred van der Donk; 2012 - No Award Given This Year; 2011 - Jeffery Kelly; 2010 - Suzanne Walker; 2009 - Donald Hilvert; 2008 - JoAnne Stubbe; 2007 - Michael Marletta; 2006 - Barbara Imperiali
Previous recipients, sponsored by SynPep Corporation, include:
2005 - Ronald Raines; 2004 - Homme Hellinga; 2003 - Michael Hecht; 2002 - Steve Kent
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Hans Neurath Award
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Hans Neurath played an integral role in the early life of the Society, as a founding member and later -at age 81- as founding editor of Protein Science. His contributions to the early success of the Society were surpassed only by his larger contributions to the field of biochemistry and our early understanding of proteins.
Reflective of his prolific contributions to the understanding of the physical chemistry of proteins, The Hans Neurath Award, sponsored by the Hans Neurath Foundation, seeks to honor individuals who have made a recent contribution of exceptional merit to basic protein research.
2023 awardee Elena Conti from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry is recognized for her discovery of mechanisms of RNA export, processing, and quality control in the cell.
Specific Requirement: A recent contribution of unusual merit to basic protein science.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Squire Booker; 2021 - Toshiya Endo and Amy Rosenzweig; 2020 - Martin Gruebele; 2019 - Dave Thirumalai; 2018 - David Baker; 2017 - Kazuhiro Nagata; 2016 - H. Eric Xu; 2015 - Marina Rodnina; 2014 - James Hurley; 2013 - Jennifer Doudna and Chuck Sanders; 2012 - Charles Brooks; 2011 - Johannes Buchner; 2010 - Wendell Lim; 2009 - William Eaton; 2008 - Robert Stroud; 2007 - Robert Sauer; 2006 - Christopher Dobson; 2005 - Roderick MacKinnon; 2004 - Carlos Bustamante; 2003 - James Wells; 2002 - Ad Bax; 2001 - Arthur Horwich; 2000 - Janet Thornton; 1999 - Peter Kim; 1998 - Ken Dill
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Marie Maynard Daly Award
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The Protein Society announced its newest annual award in 2023: The Marie Maynard Daly Award. This award recognizes Dr. Daly, who conducted pioneering studies of protein synthesis, histone biochemistry, and the relationships between hypertension, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis. Dr. Daly was a trailblazer as the first black woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry (Columbia University); she also actively promoted diversification in STEM. The Marie Maynard Daly Award will recognize groundbreaking research at the interface between protein science and human health.
The 2023 inaugural awardee, Renã Robinson, Vanderbilt University, has pioneered the application and development of mass spectrometry-based proteomics to study aging and neurodegeneration, with a particular focus on health disparities in minority populations.
Specific Requirement: Groundbreaking research at the interface between protein science and human health
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Stein & Moore Award
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The Stein and Moore Award, named for Nobel laureates Dr. William Stein and Dr. Stanford Moore, venerates their contribution to understanding the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active center of the ribonuclease molecule. Established in 1986, sponsored by The Protein Society with support from Wiley, the Stein and Moore Award is given to recognize eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained high impact research contributions to the field.
The 2023 recipient is Professor Kevin Gardner, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Dr. Gardner has studied the structure, dynamics, and function of ligand-regulated protein/protein interaction domains from bacteria, plants, and humans to develop innovative optogenetic tools and cancer therapeutics.
Specific Requirement: Sustained, high-impact research contributions to the field.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Daniel Herschlag; 2021 - David Agard; 2020 - Jim Bowie; 2019 - Dame Carol Robinson; 2018 - Raymond Stevens; 2017 - John Kuriyan; 2016 - Jane Clarke; 2015 - William DeGrado; 2014 - Nikolaus Pfanner; 2013 - Robert T. Sauer; 2012 - No Award Given This Year; 2011 - Gerhard Wagner; 2010 - Peter Wright; 2009 - Peter Walter; 2008 - Susan Lindquist; 2007 - Paul Schimmel; 2006 - Arthur Horwich & F. Ulrich Hartl; 2005 - Avram Hershko & Alexander Varshavsky; 2004 - Wolfgang Baumeister; 2003 - Chris Dobson; 2002 - Paul Sigler; 2001 - Alan Fersht; 2000 - Brian Matthews; 1999 - Mo Cleland; 1998 - David Davies; 1997 - Mildred Cohn; 1996 - David Eisenberg; 1995 - Harold Scheraga; 1994 - Michael Rossman; 1993 - Walter Kauzmann; 1992 - Robert Baldwin; 1991 - Russell Doolittle; 1990 - Kurt Wuthrich; 1989 - Hans Neurath; 1988 - Fred Richards; 1987 - Emil Smith
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Protein Science Young Investigator
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The Protein Science Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Wiley, formerly known as The Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award, recognizes a scientist in the first 8 years of an independent career who has made an important contribution to the study of proteins.*
*With allowances for familial leave or other exigent circumstance.
The 2023 recipient is Professor Polly Fordyce, Stanford University. Dr. Fordyce has developed innovative microfluidic systems to study how protein sequence encodes function at a large scale.
Specific Requirement: Within 8 years of starting an independent career.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Nozomi Ando and Nicolas Fawzi; 2021 - Bruno Correia; 2020 - Mohammad Seyedsayamdost; 2019 - Gabriel Lander; 2018 - Brandon Ruotolo; 2017 - David Pagliarini; 2016 - Benjamin Garcia; 2015 - Nieng Yan; 2014 - M. Madan Babu; 2012 - Mei Hong and Tarun M. Kapoor; 2011 - Shu-ou Shan; 2013 - Feng Shao; 2010 - Charalampos Kalodimos; 2009 - Virginia Cornish; 2008 - Jamie H. Doudna Cate; 2007 - Benjamin Cravatt, III; 2006 - Vijay Pande; 2005 - Thomas Muir; 2004 - Erin O'Shea and Jonathan Weissman; 2003 - Yigong Shi; 2002 - Carolyn Bertozzi; 2001 - Kevan Shokat; 2000 - David Baker; 1999 - Jeffery Kelly; 1998 - Nikola Pavletich; 1997 - John Kuriyan; 1996 - Michael Summers; 1995 - Stuart Schreiber; 1994 - Peter Kim; 1993 - Ad Bax and Marius Clore; 1992 - Peter Schultz; 1991 - Carl Pabo; 1990 - Rachel Klevit; 1989 - William DeGrado
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