The DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences is a prize in the field of
computational biology
Computational biology refers to the use of techniques in computer science, data analysis, mathematical modeling and Computer simulation, computational simulations to understand biological systems and relationships. An intersection of computer sci ...
. It is awarded annually for "the most accessible and innovative development or application of computer technology to enhance research in the life sciences at the molecular level".
The prize was established by the
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is a learned society that was founded on December 26, 1906, at a meeting organized by John Jacob Abel (Johns Hopkins University). The roots of the society were in the American Ph ...
(ASBMB) in memory of
Warren Lyford DeLano, an American bioinformatician. DeLano developed the
PyMOL
PyMOL is a source-available molecular visualization system created by Warren Lyford DeLano. It was commercialized initially by DeLano Scientific LLC, which was a private software company dedicated to creating useful tools that become universall ...
open source molecular viewer software and was an advocate for the increased adoption of open source practices in the sciences. DeLano died unexpectedly in 2009.
Laureates include the
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...
winner
Michael Levitt, who was given the Delano Award in 2013 for his work in computational bioscience.
Laureates
*2023 -
Eytan Ruppin
*2022 -
Tatyana Sharpee
*2020 -
Yang Zhang
*2019 -
Brian Kuhlman
*2018 -
Chris Sander
*2017 -
Brian K. Shoichet
*2016 -
Todd O. Yeates
*2015 -
Vijay S. Pande
*2014 -
Michael Levitt
*2013 -
Helen M. Berman
*2012 -
Barry Honig
*2011 -
Axel T. Brunger
See also
*
List of biology awards
This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornithol ...
*
List of awards in bioinformatics and computational biology
References
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Biology awards