Avanti Award in Lipids
Nominations for the 2026 ASBMB Annual Awards will open in March.
The Avanti Award in Lipids recognizes outstanding research contributions in the area of lipids.
Both nominees and nominators must be ASBMB members.
The award consists of a plaque, $3,000 and expenses and transportation to present a lecture at the ASBMB annual meeting.
Recipients
![Judith Storch](/getmedia/8792453e-1f67-4a41-a41f-3b8b780c2961/300x300-Judith-Storch.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2025
- Judith Storch
![Tamas Balla](/getmedia/b2f9309a-f14e-4267-843f-fb3dbb1a36be/Balla-Tamas-300x300.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Russell DeBose–Boyd](/getmedia/c33aca32-a031-4ac7-a0e5-82d7a359122d/300x300-Russell-DeBose-Boyd.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2023
- Russell DeBose–Boyd
![Alex Toker](/getmedia/a99ae5de-93f3-455f-900e-c239ed68d9a9/300x300-alex-toker.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Jean Schaffer](/getmedia/e5eece7e-b4fc-43b3-8528-2d9bc839f8ed/300x300-Jean-Schaffer.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Vytas Bankaitis](/getmedia/988d31c0-c6f8-49fa-9428-b6a6f835a89f/300x300-vytas-bankaitis.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Dennis R. Voelker](/getmedia/09d742c4-2aa4-4834-812a-d406cedcf102/300x300-dennis-voelker_1.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Volker Haucke](/getattachment/1acb17c7-9f0f-455c-8f8e-b20fc2d850d3/300x300-Volker-Haucke.jpg?lang=en-US&width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Robert V. Farese](/getmedia/52bc7c18-4701-4ebe-9d7b-0a1f09042639/300x300-robert-farese.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
![Karen Reue](/getmedia/0d0c1655-aad0-4b94-9b87-5ac17297f248/300x300-karen-reue.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2015
- Karen Reue
![Sandra L. Hofmann](/getmedia/76d96f9f-2620-45d7-960e-1d2ec8dfed93/300x300-sandra-hofmann.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2014
- Sandra L. Hofmann
![Susan A. Henry](/getmedia/7e74f868-10a9-44f5-953e-d03ba70742ef/300x300-susan-henry.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2013
- Susan A. Henry
![George Carman](/getmedia/8fdf752e-62a0-4ecb-b1b7-8a838b145c36/300x300-George-Carman.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2012
- George Carman
![Yusuf A. Hannun](/getmedia/467ee2d2-b567-41e5-9a52-f727ce2e4eea/300x300-yusuf-hannun.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2011
- Yusuf A. Hannun
![David W. Russell](/getmedia/fe9ef15c-b372-4f31-a496-db103498e479/300x300-david-russell.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2010
- David W. Russell
![Sarah Spiegel](/getmedia/e4bdbfb5-8931-44fc-ae29-66274bfe6243/300x300-sarah-spiegel.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2009
- Sarah Spiegel
![Alexandra C. Newton](/getmedia/81ab0767-9d0c-4760-942f-9bf936801b2b/300x300-alexandra-newton.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2008
- Alexandra C. Newton
![Scott D. Emr](/getmedia/5c4f3b16-4c63-4554-b386-3717fcfe27af/300x300-scott-emr.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2007
- Scott D. Emr
![Dennis E. Vance](/getmedia/e21583dd-2973-477c-8310-5b2a34fe47fc/300x300-dennis-vance.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2006
- Dennis E. Vance
![William Dowhan](/getmedia/5c969d99-b4fa-485b-902a-e9bee8ca7bb6/300x300-william-dowhan.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2005
- William Dowhan
![William L. Smith](/getmedia/675be0da-8865-4749-8f59-0cce9df843ef/300x300-william-smith.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2004
- William L. Smith
![Robert Bittman](/getmedia/2c04e931-891c-4da6-a8f6-4d1327d2e8b5/300x300-robert-bittman.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2003
- Robert Bittman
![Christian R. H. Raetz](/getmedia/06d4f8ff-3dfa-44f3-a8ec-9891ff5d1a83/300x300-christian-raetz.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2002
- Christian R. H. Raetz
![Ronald N. McElhaney](/getmedia/60df5711-8a7f-4be0-a673-9fdccc7d02ff/300x300-ronald-mcelhaney.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2001
- Ronald N. McElhaney
![Edward A. Dennis](/getmedia/359e5ca4-1c27-4fcd-b62c-07d8331fd152/300x300-Ed-Dennis.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
2000
- Edward A. Dennis
![Richard Epand](/getmedia/07fcfee7-67ce-4242-a6cd-46e7856323c6/300x300-richard-epand.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1999
- Richard Epand
![Lewis Cantley](/getmedia/96f24cba-2253-40a0-a6ed-de8d34c30cf4/300x300-lewis-cantley.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1998
- Lewis Cantley
![Ching-hsien Huang](/img/content-images/generic-user.jpg)
1997
- Ching-hsien Huang
![Robert M. Bell](/getmedia/93633f85-8888-447e-98d5-442dbc766ca3/300x300-Robert-M-Bell.jpg?width=300&height=300&ext=.jpg)
1996
- Robert M. Bell