Michael and Kate Bárány Award

Michael and Kate Bárány Award
Awarded for “outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor”[1]
Sponsored by Biophysical Society
Location Rockville, Maryland
Country United States
Reward(s) $2,000
First awarded 1992
Official website www.biophysics.org/AwardsFunding/SocietyAwards/MichaelandKateBárányAward

The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, "recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor."[1] The award was established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Award and renamed in 1998, when it was endowed by Michael Bárány[2] and Kate Bárány.[3][4] The Báránys were survivors of The Holocaust who went on to become leading researchers in muscle contraction.[2][3]

Michael and Kate Bárány Award Laureates

As of 2016, laureates of the award have included:

References

  1. 1 2 "Michael and Kate Bárány Award (est. 1992)". Biophysical Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20.
  2. 1 2 Chalovich, J. M. (2012). "Michael Bárány: A recollection". Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 33 (6): 373–6. doi:10.1007/s10974-012-9295-8. PMID 22539009.
  3. 1 2 "Kate Bárány (1929-2011)". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01.
  4. Hitchcock-DeGregori, Sarah (1998). "Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators" (PDF). Biophysical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-25.
  5. "Olga Boudker to Receive 2016 Michael and Kate Bárány Award" (PDF).
  6. "Biophysical Society Names 2015 Award Recipients" (PDF). 2014.
  7. "Patricia Clark receives 2013 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25.
  8. Gewin, V. (2010). "Turning point". Nature. 468 (7325): 859. doi:10.1038/nj7325-859a.
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