ASPB Award Winners for 2009

It is ASPB's pleasure to announce the winners of ASPB's 2009 awards and to congratulate each of the winners. These awards will be presented during the Plant Biology 2009 Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, July 18, at 1 pm in Honolulu, Hawaii:

ASPB-Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize

• Elliott Heffner, Cornell University
• Justin McGrath, The University of Illinois
• Justin Walley, University of California

Early Career Award

• Siobhan Brady, University of California

Charles Albert Shull Award

• Steven E. Jacobsen, University of California

Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award

• Thomas J. Guilfoyle and Gretchen Hagen, University of Missouri

Dennis R. Hoagland Award

• Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California

Martin Gibbs Medal

• John B. Ohlrogge, Michigan State University

Stephen Hales Prize

• Jeffrey Dangl, University of North Carolina

Fellow of ASPB Award

• Peter Albersheim, University of Georgia
• Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin
• Clanton Black, University of Georgia
• Hans Bohnert, University of Illinois
• Rebecca Boston, North Carolina State University
• Robert H. Burris, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
• Nicholas Carpita, Purdue University
• Vicki Chandler, University of Arizona
• Eric Conn, University of California
• Roland Douce, DBMS/PCV
• Pamela Green, University of Delaware
• Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College
• Alan Jones, University of North Carolina
• Robert Last, Michigan State University
• Peggy Lemaux, University of California
• Carl Leopold, Cornell University
• Stephen Long, University of Illinois
• C. Robertson McClung, Dartmouth College
• John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University
• Mel Oliver, USDA-ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri
• Federico Sánchez, Instituto de Biotecnologia, UNAM
• Lawrence Schrader, Washington State University
• Edgar Spalding, University of Wisconsin
• Michael Thomashow, Michigan State University
• Mary Tierney, University of Vermont
• Carroll Vance, USDA-ARS Agronomy Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
• Kathryn VandenBosch, University of Minnesota
• Larry Vanderhoef, University of California
  
  

Congratulations again to all of the 2009 award winners!

ASPB hopes that you will be able to join your friends and colleagues in Honolulu on July 18th for the Awards Ceremony as the Society congratulates these well-deserving plant scientists.

Please visit the annual meeting website for more information on Plant Biology 2009 - and please note that discounted early bird registration prices end Friday, April 24!

Please also note that Murray R. Badger (Australian National University) and William J. Davies (Lancaster University, United Kingdom) have been nominated for the Corresponding Membership Award. Corresponding Members are elected by the ASPB membership, so these nominees' names will be placed on the 2009 Election Ballot. Election ballots will be posted on the ASPB website and mailed on April 17 to those who opted to submit a paper ballot. Please take the time to VOTE, both in the election for Corresponding Members and for ASPB's next president-elect, secretary, and elected member! The Society benefits greatly from your participation in elections.

The election closes on May 29, and the results will be available on June 10, 2009.