Each year, the Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Award program recognizes outstanding contributions by employees to all facets of Lab activities. Several Biosciences Area personnel are among the 2022 honorees.
Nikos Kyrpides, a senior scientist who heads the Microbiome Data Science group at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and has a secondary affiliation in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division, was recognized for Scientific Achievement. His exceptional scientific contributions toward the understanding of environmental microbiomes were cited, as well as his creation of cutting-edge analysis tools and data resources that continue to be used by thousands of JGI users to advance DOE mission science.
The Advanced Light Source (ALS) Structural Biology Beamline Team was recognized in the Societal Impact category for bringing structural biology solutions to the world. The team was specifically cited for providing synchrotron data to guide vaccine and therapeutic development and to carry out basic virus biology science in response to SARS-CoV-2.
Members of the team are:
(First row, from left) Marc Allaire, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division staff scientist and Berkeley Center for Structural Biology (BCSB) Head; Kathryn Burnett, administrator; Randall Cayford, software developer; Scott Classen, beamline scientist; Jeff Dickert, beamline support;
(Second row, from left) Sayan Gupta, MBIB research scientist; Michal Hammel, MBIB staff scientist; James Holton, MBIB faculty scientist; Greg Hura, MBIB Interim Science Deputy; Carolyn Larabell, Cellular and Tissue Imaging Department Head in MBIB;
(Third row, from left) Mark Le Gros, MBIB faculty scientist; Stacey Ortega, senior administrator; Daniil Prigozhin, MBIB project scientist; Corie Ralston, Molecular Foundry and MBIB staff scientist; Daniel Rosenberg, graduate student researcher;
(Fourth row, from left) Kevin Royal, BCSB Operations Lead; Anthony Rozales, beamline support; Banumathi Sankaran, MBIB research scientist; and John Taylor, Software and Instrumentation Group Head in the BCSB.
Read about all the 2022 laureates and their accomplishments. The 11th annual Director’s Awards ceremony will take place on November 10 at 3 PM.
