Max Delbruck Prize
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The Max Delbruck Prize, formerly known as the Biological physics prize, is awarded by the Division of Biological Physics of the American Physical Society
, to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in biological physics
research. The prize was established in 1981, and renamed for Max Delbruck
in 2006. The award consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting where the prize is awarded, and a certificate. It is presented biennially in even-numbered years.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
, to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in biological physics
Biological Physics
Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life is the title of a book by Philip Nelson, published by W. H. Freeman in the 2000s. It is a work on biology with an emphasis on the application of physical principles....
research. The prize was established in 1981, and renamed for Max Delbruck
Max Delbrück
Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate.-Biography:Delbrück was born in Berlin, German Empire...
in 2006. The award consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting where the prize is awarded, and a certificate. It is presented biennially in even-numbered years.
Past winners
Past winners:- 2012: William A. EatonWilliam A. EatonWilliam Alan "Bill" Eaton is a United States diplomat.-Biography:William A. Eaton was born in Winchester, Virginia ca. 1956. He was educated at the University of Virginia, receiving a B.A. in international relations in 1978...
- 2010: Xiaowei ZhuangXiaowei ZhuangXiaowei Zhuang is an American biophysicist, and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Physics, at Harvard University, and the Zhuang Research Lab.She is an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute....
- 2008: Steven BlockSteven BlockDr. Steven M. Block is a professor at Stanford University with a joint appointment in the departments of Biological Sciences and Applied Physics. In addition, he is a member of the scientific advisory group JASON, a senior fellow of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,...
- 2006: Alfred Redfield
- 2004: Peter Wolynes
- 2002: Carlos BustamanteCarlos BustamanteCarlos José Bustamante is an American scientist. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.-Biography:Bustamante is an HHMI investigator and professor of molecular and cell biology, physics, and chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he has held since 1998. He...
- 2000: Paul Hansma
- 1998: Rangaswamy SrinivasanRangaswamy SrinivasanRangaswamy Srinivasan is an inventor at IBM Research. One of the famous inventions he has contributed to is LASIK.-Ablative Photodecomposition :...
- 1996: Seiji OgawaSeiji OgawaSeiji Ogawa is a Japanese researcher best known for discovering the technique that underlies Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging . He determined that the contrast in blood oxygen levels can be mapped in magnetic resonance imaging, thus showing which areas of the brain respond to the brain's...
- 1994: Robert Pearlstein, Robert Knox
- 1992: Hans FrauenfelderHans FrauenfelderHans Frauenfelder was born June 28, 1922 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He is notable for his1951 discovery of perturbed angular correlation . Today, PAC spectroscopy is widely used in thestudy of condensed-matter physics.-Education:...
- 1991: Watt W. WebbWatt W. WebbWatt W. Webb is known for his co-invention of Multiphoton microscopy in 1990.- Biography :Professor Watt W...
- 1987: Britton ChanceBritton ChanceBritton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Chance won a gold medal in...
- 1986: Hartmut MichelHartmut MichelHartmut Michel is a German biochemist and Nobel Laureate.He was born 18 July 1948 in Ludwigsburg. After compulsory military service, he studied biochemistry at the University of Tübingen, working for his final year at Dieter Oesterhelt’s laboratory on ATPase activity of halobacteria.In 1986, he...
and Johann DeisenhoferJohann DeisenhoferJohann Deisenhofer is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their determination of the structure of a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.Deisenhofer earned his... - 1985: John Hopfield
- 1984: Howard BergHoward BergHoward Curtis Berg teaches biophysics at Harvard University and studies motility of E. coli. He has been a member of the molecular and cellular biology department since 1986 and a member of the physics department since 1997...
and Edward PurcellEdward Mills PurcellEdward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the... - 1983: Paul LauterburPaul LauterburPaul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging possible.Dr...
- 1982: George FeherGeorge FeherGeorge Feher is an American biophysicist working at the University of California, San Diego.- Birth and education :George Feher was born in Czechoslovakia in 1924. When the Nazis came in, he made his way overland to Israel He worked for the Jewish underground for Israel Independence...
, Roderick Clayton