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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Viruses 2017 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Andrew B. Ward.
Dr. Andrew B. Ward comes from the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. His research combines electron microscopy and x-ray crystallography with biophysical approaches and computational analyses to elucidate the structure of viral membrane proteins. This work has led to significant advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the HIV-1, Ebola, and coronavirus glycoproteins, and mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralization.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Viruses 2017 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
Viruses 2017 Young Investigator Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Marta Giovanetti
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Shuofeng Yuan
The University of Hong Kong
Award Committee
Dr. Eric O. Freed
Chairman
NCI
Dr. Véronique Ziegler-Graff
CNRS
Prof. Jeanmarie Verchot
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
Dr. Schuyler Van Engelenburg
Dr. Margaret Scull
University of Maryland, College Park
Prof. Shannon C. Kenney
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Winner
Nicholas Wu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carolien van de Sandt
Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Shan-Lu Liu
Chairman
The Ohio State University
Dr. Luis Martinez-Sobrido
Prof. K. Andrew White
York University
Dr. Lorena A. Passarelli
Kansas State University
Dr. Ekaterina Heldwein
Tufts University School of Medicine
Prof. Wendy Maury
University of Iowa
Winner
Nick Heaton
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
Winner
Dr. Jason McLellan
Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Winner
Andrew B. Ward
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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