Manfred Auer, Staff Scientist and Director of Physical Analysis at the Joint BioEnergy Institute, has agreed to serve as the Head of Cellular and Tissue Imaging Department in the Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division. Auer has been with Berkeley Lab since 2004, studying inner ear molecular machines, molecular mechanisms in cancer malignancy, biofilms, and bioenergy, as well as developing new imaging methods. He will succeed Bill Moses, who retired on June 29, after 36 years at Berkeley Lab. Moses’ research focused on advanced instrumentation for nuclear medical imaging, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which he also applied to the area of environmental bioremediation.
Downing Recognized with MSA Distinguished Scientist Award
Ken Downing, biophysicist senior scientist in the Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, has been honored as the recipient of the 2016 MSA Distinguished Scientist Award in the Biological Sciences. With the Distinguished Scientist Awards, the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) annually recognizes a preeminent senior scientist from each of the Biological and Physical Sciences who has a long-standing record of achievement during his or her career in the field of microscopy or microanalysis. Downing will be presented with the award at the Plenary Session of the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2016 Meeting on July 26, in Columbus, Ohio.
In 2010, Downing was elected MSA Fellow and recognized as a senior distinguished member of the society who has made significant contributions to the advancement of the field of microscopy through a combination of scientific achievement and service to the scientific community and the society itself.
Bissell Honored with Medals from Two Societies for Outstanding Achievements
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is honoring Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist in the Biological Systems & Engineering Division, for her lifetime contributions to cell biology. In recognition of her key discovery that the role of the tumor microenvironment plays a part in the development of breast cancer, Bissell will receive their highest scientific honor, the E.B. Wilson Medal, at the ASCB Annual Meeting in San Francisco this December. This latest accolade comes just months after Bissell received the 2015 STS/CSS Honorary Medal from the Signal Transduction Society (STS) and the STS Journal Cell Communication and Signaling (CSS) in Weimar, Germany, as well as the Ernst Bertner Memorial Award from MD Anderson Cancer Center.
National Bioeconomy Blueprint Makes Obama’s Top 100 Science, Technology & Innovation Leadership List
When Biosciences Area Principal Deputy Mary Maxon served as the Assistant Director for Biological Research at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), she developed the first-ever National Bioeconomy Blueprint. The document, released in April 2012, outlines strategies to grow and manage this $325B+ sector of the US economy. A testament to its role in driving innovation, the Blueprint is listed as item number 49 in an impact report detailing the top 100 Examples of President Obama’s Leadership in Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Doudna Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Jennifer Doudna, faculty scientist in the Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, will share the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier and Feng Zhang. They were honored “for the development of CRISPR/Cas9 as a breakthrough genome editing platform that promises to revolutionize biomedical research and disease treatment.” The awards, announced over the weekend in Taipei by Nobel laureate Y. T. Lee, each come with a cash prize of $1.24 million, in addition to funds for research. Read more at Berkeley NewsCenter.
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