ASBMB Award lectures

Herbert Tabor Research Award

• Kevin Campbell
• University of Iowa

Lecture: Tuesday, April 27, 10 a.m.
Structural basis of dystroglycan function and the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy

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ASBMB–Merck Award

• Manajit Hayer-Hartl
• Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Lecture: Tuesday, April 27, 10:30 a.m.
Cellular machineries devoted to rubisco — the most abundant enzyme

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William C. Rose Award

• Celia Schiffer
• University of Massachusetts Medical School

Lecture: Wednesday, April 28, 10 a.m.
Constraining evolution → avoiding drug resistance: Lessons from viruses

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Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry

• Carol Fierke
• Texas A&M University

Lecture: Wednesday, April 28, 10:30 a.m.
Toolbox to evaluate biological function of histone deacetylases

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Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award

• David Pagliarini
• Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Lecture: Wednesday, April 28, 11 a.m.
Wiring the powerhouse: Systems-to-structure approaches for defining mitochondrial protein function

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Alice and C.C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology

• Patricia Johnson
• University of California, Los Angeles

Lecture: Wednesday, April 28, 2:15 p.m.
Host parasite interactions between the sexually-transmitted parasite trichomonas vaginalis and its human host

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Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science

• Edward Dennis
• University of California, San Diego

Lecture: Thursday, April 29, 10 a.m.
Phospholipase A2: A paradigm for allosteric regulation by membranes and cell signaling

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Avanti Award in Lipids

• Jean Schaffer
• Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard University

Lecture: Thursday, April 29, 11 a.m.
Death by lipids: Role of non-coding RNAs in metabolic stress

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Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education

• Paul N. Black
• University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Lecture: Thursday, April 29, 11:45 a.m.
A revolution in biochemistry education informed by basic research to meet the demands of 21st century career paths

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Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award

• Lizabeth Allison
• College of William & Mary

Lecture: Friday, April 30, 10 a.m.
Getting there: Thyroid hormone receptor intracellular trafficking

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Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research

• Jeremy Baskin
• Cornell University

Lecture: Friday, April 30, 10:30 a.m.
Chemical tools that IMPACT phospholipid signaling

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ASBMB Early-Career Leadership Award

• Natalia Jura
• University of California, San Francisco

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ASBMB Mid-Career Leadership Award

• Anita Corbett
• Emory University

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