ASBMB Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award
Nominations for the 2026 ASBMB Annual Awards will open in March.
The ASBMB Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding research contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology. The recipient must have no more than 15 years of experience since receiving a Ph.D. and/or M.D. Only degrees received after March 1, 2009, are eligible for this award. The award is given every other year, alternating with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award.
Both nominees and nominators must be ASBMB members.
The award consists of a plaque, $5,000 and travel expenses to present a lecture at the ASBMB annual meeting.
In 2023, the Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry and the ASBMB Young Investigator Award were combined to create the ASBMB Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award.
Recipients
![Nozomi Ando](/getmedia/5ee54309-6920-4635-b6b9-dea748e46f7f/300x300-Nozomi-Ando.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
ASBMB Young Investigator Award recipients
![Greg G. Wang](/getmedia/c45d901b-82a1-411c-b463-58dd93490444/300x300-greg-wang.png?width=300&height=300&ext=.png)
![Christine Dunham](/getmedia/d7a7ecf1-ac61-456b-9505-9053ceff2629/300x300-christine-dunham.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Cole Haynes](/getmedia/98b13aa5-bb78-4478-9a2b-4544c81da559/300x300-cole-haynes.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Erica Ollmann Saphire](/getmedia/93e64def-ea13-4522-aca8-ded4c588e2c3/300x300-erica-ollmann-saphire.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2015
- Erica Ollmann Saphire
![Samie R. Jaffrey](/getmedia/619f955e-d24d-416b-b1f5-fd8300b2cd70/300x300-samie-jaffrey.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2014
- Samie R. Jaffrey
![Shu-ou Shan](/getmedia/0621ee4f-4daa-4132-bf91-00018b3ee0c8/300x300-shu-ou-shan.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2013
- Shu-ou Shan
![Kim Orth](/getmedia/c67adb65-d425-48bc-b361-53d12fad2499/300x300-Kim-Orth.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2012
- Kim Orth
![Job Dekker](/getmedia/7709559a-790b-49ae-a6cf-aedce927f090/300x300-job-dekker.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2011
- Job Dekker
![John J. G. Tesmer](/getmedia/f104778d-04f1-4b8f-a19b-df404c68791f/300x300-john-tesmer.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2010
- John J. G. Tesmer
![Phillip D. Zamore](/getmedia/fa6f82cd-5be0-4360-8105-cc359c25ef12/300x300-phillip-zamore.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2009
- Phillip D. Zamore
![Scott A. Strobel](/getmedia/2237fb37-93c3-41d6-a3da-5b7400f5955a/300x300-scott-strobel.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2008
- Scott A. Strobel
![Christopher B. Burge](/getmedia/736affd5-b27f-462a-8c83-390ad788dd57/300x300-christopher-burge.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2007
- Christopher B. Burge
![James M. Berger](/getmedia/54062038-9dbd-45f5-9605-770e1d1e1d1b/300x300-james-berger.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2006
- James M. Berger
![Brian Strahl](/getmedia/d7e72daf-2d1b-4b15-a92e-aa86d9123e85/300x300-brian-strahl.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2005
- Brian Strahl
![Pehr A. B. Harbury](/getmedia/6183b835-e6f1-4ac6-a061-d078ff41bd7f/300x300-pehr-harbury.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2004
- Pehr A. B. Harbury
![Catherine Dreenan](/getmedia/b8a3da7b-b3d2-4a31-b0b2-25c3f08dbeaf/300x300-catherine-dreenan.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2003
- Catherine Dreenan
![John D. York](/getmedia/f30c5c26-073b-4939-a625-01b153ed02a9/300x300-john-york.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2002
- John D. York
![Stephen P. Bell](/getmedia/ab4351d7-b368-4932-b6bf-18e7880df7fa/300x300-stephen-bell.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2001
- Stephen P. Bell
![Xiadong Wang](/getmedia/7ad28f7c-3d01-4c20-aecd-fefc30f8a008/300x300-xiadong-wang.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2000
- Xiadong Wang
![Kun-Liang Guan](/getmedia/2169f656-8fda-4716-b332-2bfc75b8ae5b/300x300-kun-liang-guan.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1999
- Kun-Liang Guan
![Tania A. Baker](/getmedia/1f1ae234-4039-4642-a91a-9e987cace329/300x300-tania-baker.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1998
- Tania A. Baker
![Carol Greider](/getmedia/a8d16d39-3fae-4d91-adb3-4424a90780b7/300x300-carol-greider.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1997
- Carol Greider
![Thomas V. O’Halloran](/getmedia/71069363-8b0a-41fe-8900-a328e7a61283/300x300-thomas-o-halloran.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1996
- Thomas V. O’Halloran
![Richard Ebright](/getmedia/24b1ef64-d320-45b8-ba9a-32fc7b2312a8/300x300-richard-ebright.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1995
- Richard Ebright
![John Kuriyan](/getmedia/75f3ff73-5c88-4030-8da4-62253068081c/300x300-john-kuriyan.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1994
- John Kuriyan
![Stanley Fields](/getmedia/c3057c67-5067-4b35-a568-ddc4b41ae0ac/300x300-stanley-fields.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1993
- Stanley Fields
![Carl Wu](/getmedia/c1311d85-14f4-4852-88d9-fe9810d112e1/300x300-carl-wu.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1992
- Carl Wu
![Douglas A. Melton](/getmedia/56cc415d-fc20-42ee-8b72-9447dd7507df/300x300-douglas-melton.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1991
- Douglas A. Melton
Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry recipients
![Anne Kenworthy](/getmedia/a3629aed-c6ee-4c06-8049-261765c93365/kenworthy-300x300-embed.png?width=300&height=300&ext=.png)
2023
- Anne Kenworthy
![Janet Smith](/getmedia/79fabf22-0546-4647-ac3f-689f638b0dd5/300x300-janet-smith.png?width=300&height=300&ext=.png)
![Carol Fierke](/getmedia/fc5007eb-253a-4bb1-8e5b-570b3e415edc/300x300-Carol-Fierke.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Angela M. Gronenborn](/getmedia/ecec1384-1243-4e69-8094-d49c8a12fb35/300x300-Angela-Gronenborn.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Leemor Joshua-Tor](/getmedia/8a89187d-d7a2-4fba-95dd-33255edd9dd7/300x300-Leemor-Joshua-Tor.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Wei Yang](/getmedia/c40636fe-8adc-4a1a-a8cc-96c00c1e6374/300x300-Wei-Yang.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Eva Nogales](/getmedia/4ec1a56a-f793-4d5b-bf0d-9b4f42fcfe53/300x300-Eva-Nogales.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Judith P. Klinman](/getmedia/e833bb1e-3117-481a-ae63-19da93f8aeab/300x300-Judith-Klinman.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2015
- Judith P. Klinman
![Lila Gierasch](/getmedia/304ae252-ac60-4a02-b7e4-bdb8a6801136/300x300-Lila-Gierasch.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2014
- Lila Gierasch
![Jennifer A. Doudna](/getmedia/4da4b367-1f72-4d91-8d18-14282c5f28f9/300x300-jennifer-doudna.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2013
- Jennifer A. Doudna