Larry Sandler Memorial Award
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The Larry Sandler Memorial Award is a prestigious international award given for research in the Drosophila community. The award is given for the best dissertation of the preceding year, and is given at the annual Drosophila Research Conference. Awardees may be nominated only by their graduate advisors.
The awardees give the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture at the annual Drosophila Research Conference. The award honors Dr. Larry Sandler.
[edit] Award recipients
- 1988 Bruce Edgar[1]
- 1989 Kate Harding
- 1990 Michael Dickinson
- 1991 Maurice Kernan
- 1992 Doug Kellogg
- 1993 David Schneider
- 1994 Kendal Broadie
- 1995 David Begun
- 1996 Chaoyong Ma
- 1997 Abby Dernburg
- 1998 Nir Hacohen
- 1999 Terence Murphy
- 2000 Bin Chen
- 2001 James Wilhelm
- 2002 Matthew C. Gibson
- 2003 Sinisa Urban
- 2004 Sean McGuire
- 2005 Elissa Hallem
- 2006 Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
- 2007 Yu-Chiun Wang
[edit] Former chairs of the Award
- 1988 Chair
- 1989 Chair
- 1990 Chair
- 1991 Chair
- 1992 Chair
- 1993 Chair
- 1994 Chair
- 1995 Chair
- 1996 Chair: Margaret Fuller ("Minx" Fuller)[2]
- 1997 Chair: Larry Goldstein[3]
- 1998 Chair R. Scott Hawley[4]
- 1999 Chair Bill Sullivan[5]
- 2000 Chair Bill Saxton[5]
- 2001 Chair Lynn Cooley[5]
- 2002 Chair Steve DiNardo[5]
- 2003 Chair Amanda Simcox ("Mandy Simcox")[5][6]
- 2004 Chair Ross Cagan[7]
- 2005 Chair Gerold Schübiger
- 2006 Chair R. Scott Hawley[8]
- 2007 Chair Helen Salz