THE RAYMOND & BEVERLY SACKLER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN BIOPHYSICS

Announcement of Laureates 2010

Prize Award Ceremony - 26 April 2010

The Prize ceremony will be part of The Sackler Biophysics Symposium on: "Physics of Biomolecular Interactions." The Symposium is open to anyone who wishes to attend. For details see symposium invitation, poster and abstracts

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics, awarded at Tel Aviv University, has been
established through the generosity of Dr. Raymond and Mrs. Beverly Sackler. The research field for 2010 is:
Physics of Biomolecular Interactions.

Tel Aviv University is proud to announce that the 2010 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics will be awarded to:

Doctor Gerhard Hummer
Theoretical Biophysics Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Web page:http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/NIDDKLabs/IntramuralFaculty/HummerGerhard

For his seminal contributions to:

Studies of the hydrophobic effect and its contribution to protein interactions and assemblies

Professor Yigong Shi,
School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Web page: http://life.tsinghua.edu.cn/lab/ygshi

For his seminal contributions to:

Studies of protein interactions underlying molecular mechanisms of
apoptosis (programmed cell death)


The Sackler Prize will be shared equally among the two distinguished recipients. The prize will be awarded to the recipients in person on April 26, 2010. Tel Aviv University is honored to administer the Raymond and Beverly International Prize in Biophysics, which is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence by awarding outstanding scientists.


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