The Merton Bernfield Memorial Award, formerly known as the Member Memorial Award
For Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, was established in memory of deceased colleagues donations from members of the American Society for Cell Biology

The American Society for Cell Biology

American Society for Cell Biology is a learned society that was founded in 1960.Its mission statement states:- History :On 6 April 1959 the United States National Academy of Sciences passed a resolution for the establishment of a "national society of cell biology to act as a national...

. The winner is selected on merit

Merit

The term merit constitutes a desirable trait or ability belonging to a person or an object.It may refer to:* Merit * Merit * Meritocracymerit may also mean:...

 and is invited to speak in Minisymposium at the ASCB Annual Meeting. The winner also receives financial support.

Awardees

• 2009 Chad G. Pearson
• 2008 Kenneth Campellone
• 2007 Ethan Garner
• 2006 Lloyd Trotman
  Lloyd Trotman
  Lloyd Trotman , born in Boston, was a jazz bassist who backed numerous jazz, dixieland, doo-wop and R&B artists in the 50s and 60s. He provided the famous bass line on Ben E. King's "Stand by Me"....
  
  
• 2005 Stephanie Gupton
• 2004 Chun Han
• 2003 Erik Dent
• 2002 Christina Hull
• 2001 Sarah South and James Wohlschlegel