Past Award Recipients

2023

Dr. Jason S. McLellan

The University of Texas at Austin

For groundbreaking contributions to the understanding and control of viral protein structure that have led to the development of vaccines.
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2022

Dr. Ryan Hibbs

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For fundamental contributions to the atomic-level understanding of neuronal proteins that bind bioactive molecules.
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2017

Dr. Neal M. Alto

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For important contributions to understanding the mechanism by which microbial pathogens cause human infectious disease.
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2014

Benjamin P. Tu

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For his insightful characterization of metabolic cycles and how they influence cell growth and other fundamental processes in yeast..
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2010

Kim Orth

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For her rigorous and creative research in the field of bacterial pathogenic signaling.
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2008

Francis T.F. Tsai

Baylor College of Medicine

For his innovative work on determining three-dimensional structures of molecular chaperones and multi-component protein assemblies involved in transcription regulation.
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2007

Patrick G. Harran

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For his contributions to the synthesis of biologically important molecules.
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2006

Paul S. Cremer

Texas A&M University

For his important contributions to the interdisciplinary field of biological surface chemistry.
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2005

Zhijian "James" Chen

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For his discovery of an unanticipated regulatory role for protein ubiquitination in signal transduction.
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2004

Jianpeng Ma

Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University

For his contributions to biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology.
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2003

Xiaodong Wang

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For his work in the field of biochemistry, especially concerning the understanding of the process of apoptosis.
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2002

Andrew R. Barron

Rice University

For his work in the field of inorganic chemistry, especially in the formation of inorganic-organic hybrid materials.
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