FASEB Excellence in Science Award
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The Excellence in Science Award was established by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
(FASEB) in 1989 to recognize outstanding achievement by women in biological science. All women who are members of one or more of the societies of FASEB are eligible for nomination. Nominations recognize a woman whose career achievements have contributed significantly to further our understanding of a particular discipline by excellence in research.
The award includes a $10,000 unrestricted research grant, funded by Eli Lilly and Company.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, abbreviated FASEB, is a non-profit organization that is the principal umbrella organization of U.S. societies in the field of biological and medical research. FASEB organizes academic conferences and publishes scientific literature...
(FASEB) in 1989 to recognize outstanding achievement by women in biological science. All women who are members of one or more of the societies of FASEB are eligible for nomination. Nominations recognize a woman whose career achievements have contributed significantly to further our understanding of a particular discipline by excellence in research.
The award includes a $10,000 unrestricted research grant, funded by Eli Lilly and Company.
Award recipients
- 1989 Marian KoshlandMarian KoshlandMarian Koshland was an American immunologist who discovered that the differences in amino acid composition of antibodies explains the efficiency and effectiveness with which they combat a huge range of foreign invaders....
- 1990 Elizabeth Hay
- 1991 Ellen VitettaEllen VitettaEllen Vitetta is the director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.Vitetta is an immunologist who does translational research. She and her colleagues first described IgD on the surface of murine B cells and she was the co-discoverer...
- 1992 Bettie Sue Masters
- 1993 Susan Leeman
- 1994 Lucille Shapiro
- 1995 Philippa MarrackPhilippa MarrackPhilippa "Pippa" Marrack FRS is an English biologist, based in the United States, best-known for her research into T cell development, T cell apoptosis and survival, adjuvants, autoimmune disease, and for identifying superantigens, the mechanism behind toxic shock syndrome. She collaborates with...
- 1996 Zena Werb
- 1997 Claude Klee
- 1998 Eva Neer
- 1999 Helen Blau
- 2000 Peng Loh
- 2001 Laurie GlimcherLaurie GlimcherLaurie H. Glimcher, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is the incoming Dean of the Weill Cornell Medical College. She will succeed Antonio M. Gotto Jr. in January 2012....
- 2002 Phyllis Wise
- 2003 Joan A. SteitzJoan A. SteitzJoan Argetsinger Steitz is a molecular biologist at Yale University, famed for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights such as that ribosomes interact with mRNA by complementary base pairing and that introns are spliced by snRNPs, small nuclear ribonucleoproteins which...
- 2004 Janet RossantJanet RossantJanet Rossant FRS is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes in embryo development. She is currently the Chief of Research at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, Canada....
- 2005 Anita RobertsAnita RobertsAnita B. Roberts was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF-β, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and that has a dual role in blocking or stimulating cancers...
- 2006 Marilyn FarquharMarilyn FarquharMarilyn Gist Farquhar is a pathologist and cellular biologist with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. She has won the E. B. Wilson Medal and the FASEB Excellence in Science Award. She worked at Yale University from 1973 to 1990. She was married to Nobel Laureate George Emil...
and Elaine FuchsElaine FuchsElaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs also pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which assess protein function first and then assesses its... - 2007 Frances ArnoldFrances ArnoldFrances Hamilton Arnold is an internationally recognized American scientist and engineer. She pioneered methods of directed evolution to create useful biological systems, including enzymes, metabolic pathways, genetic regulatory circuits, and organisms...
- 2008 Mina J. Bissell
- 2009 Susan L. Lindquist
- 2010 Susan S. Taylor
- 2011 Gail R. MartinGail R. MartinProfessor Gail R. Martin, is in charge of the developmental biology program at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Sciences , and is the President of the Society for Developmental Biology.In...