An award recognizing outstanding accomplishments in one or more of the areas of
biochemistry
Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...
,
biophysical chemistry
Biophysical chemistry is a physical science that uses the concepts of physics and physical chemistry for the study of biological systems. The most common feature of the research in this subject is to seek an explanation of the various phenomena ...
,
biophysics
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations ...
, or
chemical biology. The award is given by the journal
''Biopolymers'', and is named for the journal’s founding editor.
The award consists of a symposium given at the Spring Meeting of the
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...
, a dinner in recognition of the recipient, an invitation to write a review article for ''Biopolymers'' and a cash prize.
Recipients
See also
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List of chemistry awards
References
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Awards of the American Chemical Society