ISPR Awards Presented at PS2007,
Glasgow - July 2007

The Lifetime Achievement Award (Life membership of ISPR)

Presented to: Jan Anderson,
Emeritus Professor, Photobioenergetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra


The Communications Award (Life membership of ISPR)

Presented to: Govindjee,
Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana


Innovation Prize (sponsored by LICOR):
for development of innovative instrumentation in photosynthesis.

Presented to: Dr Uli Schreiber, Lehrstuhl Botanik I, University of Würzburg, Würzburg , Germany.


The Robin Hill Award (sponsored by Springer):
for studies of Mn complex of PSII

Shared by:
Dr Warwick Hillier Photobioenergetics Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
Dr Junko Yano Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.


The Melvin Calvin Award (Sponsored by Springer):
for novel approaches to the evolution of C4 photosynthesis

Presented to: Dr Julian Hibberd Plant Sciences Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge


Poster prizes at PS07

Agrisera Awards:

Hideyuki Adachi et al (Okayama University) PS4.40 Purification and crystalization of PSII complexes from a red alaga (Cyanadinium).

Andrea Bräutigam et al (Universität Düsseldorf-Michigan State University) PS10.22 Comparative proteomics of C3 and C4 mesophyll chloroplast envelopes and characterization of a novel transport protein, Mep 1.


Walz Award:

Hardy Schön et al (Universität Münster) PS25.95 The role of light and photosynthesis during pathogen defence in tobacco leaves.


Poster Book Prizes at PS07

Donated by Govindjee; all except last volume collected by recipients.

  • Photosystem I

    • Dimitri Shevela et al     (Max-Planck-Institut Mühlheim)
    PS4.61 Hydrogencarbonate binding to Photosystem II.

  • Chlorophylls

    • Ben Long et al     (Australian National University)
    PS9.14 A structural role for CcmM in ?-carboxysome shell formation.

  • Photoinhibition and photoprotection

    • Hiroyuki Ishida et al     (Tohoku University)
    PS19.8 Visualisation of Rubisco-containing bodies derived from chloroplasts in living cells of Arabidopsis.

  • Discoveries in Photosynthesis

    • Georgia Zahariou et al     (Institute of Materials Science NCSR Athens)
    PS4.56 Temperature dependence of the intermediate states of Photosystem II (Book posted from Glasgow Friday afternoon 27 July)


    Awards at recent conferences supported by ISPR:
    Western Photosynthesis Conference young investigator awards

    Support for this conference at Asilomar 5-8 January 2006 from ISPR enabled organisers to introduce young investigator awards in 2006

    Ph.D. students and post-docs may compete for two awards:
    The Beverley Green Award will be presented to a Ph.D. student who has done outstanding research in the field of photosynthesis.
    The 2006 Beverley Green Award winner is Michael Hambourger.
    The Richard Malkin Award will be presented to a post-doc who has done outstanding research in the field of photosynthesis.
    The 2006 Richard Malkin Award winner is Yulia Pushkar.
    The ISPR Communications Award to David Walker, featuring a pair of his beer mats for science found in British pubs during the Millenium Year. The ISPR Communications Award to David Walker, featuring a pair of his beer mats for science found in British pubs during the Millenium Year.
    Gordon Conference Awards to Students and Postdocs - 2005

    Seven attendees at Gordon Conferences on photosynthesis were selected by the conference chairs to receive support in Summer 2005.

    Recipients at Photosynthesis, Providence, RI (July 3-8) were:
    Frauke Baymann a post-doc from CNRS, Marseilles (for her work on the new heme of the b6f complex)
    Marc Nowaczyk, a post-doc from Universität Bochum (for his work on PSII)
    Heidi Ledford from UC Berkeley (for her work on photo-oxidative stress).

    Recipients at CO2 fixation and metabolism, Aussois, France September 11-15 were four PhD students selected on the basis of their science and active interaction and participation at the conference:
    Dina Greene (Emory University, USA)
    Gonzalo Estavillo (University of Florida USA)
    Oliver Mueller-Cajar (Australian National University, Australia)
    Alexander Galle (University of Bern, Switzerland)
    ISPR Awards Presented at Montréal Congress - August 2004

    The Lifetime Achievement Award

    Presented to: Prof. Horst Witt
    To acknowledge his lifetime of outstanding contributions to understanding the structure, function and mechanism of photosynthetic systems

    The Communications Award

    Presented to: Prof. David Walker
    To acknowledge his outstanding efforts to communicate photosynthesis to the general public


    The Melvin Calvin Award

    Presented to: Klaas van Wijk
    To acknowledge his outstading contributions to proteomic analysis of chloroplasts


    The Robin Hill Award

    Presented to: Kevin Redding
    To acknowledge his outstanding contributions to understanding the structure and function of Photosystem I
    ISPR Awards

    As an ISPR member you are invited to nominate candidates, with a letter of support for:
    (deadline March 30, 2007)

    1) The Robin Hill Award:

    This award was initiated in 1998 by the Society to honor the contributions of Robin Hill to photosynthesis research. It is a monetary award made for outstanding investigations into physical aspects of the photosynthetic process to a scientist who is under 40 years of age on January 1st of the year of the presentation, or is less than 10 years from the granting of the doctoral degree. It is accompanied by a small gratuity, sponsored by Springer.

    2) The Melvin Calvin Award:

    This award was initiated in 1998 by the Society to honor the contributions of Melvin Calvin to photosynthesis research. It is a monetary award made for outstanding investigations into metabolic and cellular aspects of the photosynthetic process to a scientist who is under 40 years of age on January 1st of the year of the presentation, or is less than 10 years from the granting of the doctoral degree. It is accompanied by a small gratuity, sponsored by Springer.

    3) The ISPR Lifetime Achievement Award:

    This award was initiated in 2003 by the Society to recognize exceptional career-long contributions to understanding the process of photosynthesis. This award confers life membership in the ISPR, and recognizes meritorious work in photosynthesis research to an individual who is at least 60 years old. It confers life-membership of ISPR.

    4) The ISPR Communication Award:

    This award was initiated in 2003 by the Society to recognize important service in communication and outreach to the general public on topics pertaining to photosynthesis. It confers life-membership of ISPR.

    5) The ISPR Innovation Award:

    This award will be made for the first time at PS07 in Glasgow. Recognising the potential for insights from photosynthesis to contribute to progress in fields ranging from solar energy to global climate change, ISPR wishes to encourage its members to explore innovative practical applications of their results. The Award will recognise outstanding achievement in the transfer of photosynthesis research to the benefit of society at large, enhancing the visibility of the discipline in the process. It is accompanied by a small gratuity, sponsored by LI-COR Biosciences.

    Please end your nominations for prizes to:

    Robert Blankenship,
    Chairman of the ISPR Nomination Committee,
    Professor of Biology and Chemistry
    Washington University
    St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
    e-mail Blankenship@wustl.edu
    or fax +1 (314) 935-5125

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