ASPB 2008 Award Winners Announcement

It is my pleasure to announce the winners of ASPB’s 2008 awards. These awards will be presented during the Plant Biology 2008 Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Friday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. in Mérida, Mexico.

ASPB–Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize
• Colleen Doherty, Michigan State University
• Michael Grillo, Michigan State University
• Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen, Iowa State University
• Charles “Chip” Hunter III, University of Florida
• Ajay Sandhu, University of Nebraska

Early Career Award
• Ping He, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Charles Albert Shull Award
• Sheng Luan, University of California, Berkeley

Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
• Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Rikkyo University, Japan

Corresponding Member Award
• Chu-Yung Lin, National Taiwan University
• Federico Sánchez, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Alessandro Vitale, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Italy

Stephen Hales Prize
• Peter Quail, University of California, Berkeley

Charles F. Kettering Award
• Robert Blankenship, Washington University

Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research
• Steven Huber, USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Illinois

Fellow of ASPB Award
• Daniel Bush, Colorado State University
• Jerry Cohen, University of Minnesota
• Sabeeha Merchant, University of California, Los Angeles
• Jack Preiss, Michigan State University

Congratulations to all of the 2008 award winners!

I would like to thank the chairs and members of each of the award committees for their hard work and dedication in making this year’s selections. I’d also like to deliver a special thank you to those of you who took the time to make nominations. Your efforts are very important and are greatly appreciated.

I hope you will be able to join us in Mérida on June 27 for the ceremony and to congratulate these well-deserving friends and colleagues.

For more information on Plant Biology 2008, please see the meeting website at http://www.aspb.org/MEETINGS/pb-2008/.

C. Robertson McClung
ASPB President