Michael and Kate Bárány Award

Michael and Kate Bárány Award
Awarded for “outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor”[1]
Sponsor Biophysical Society
Location Rockville, Maryland
Country United States
Reward $2,000
First awarded 1992
Official website www.biophysics.org/AwardsFunding/SocietyAwards/MichaelandKateBárányAward

The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, "recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor."[1] The award was established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Award and renamed in 1998, when it was endowed by Michael Bárány[2] and Kate Bárány.[3][4] The Báránys were survivors of The Holocaust who went on to become leading researchers in muscle contraction.[2][3]

Michael and Kate Bárány Award Laureates

As of 2015, laureates of the award have included:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Michael and Kate Bárány Award (est. 1992)". Biophysical Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chalovich, J. M. (2012). "Michael Bárány: A recollection". Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 33 (6): 373–6. doi:10.1007/s10974-012-9295-8. PMID 22539009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Kate Bárány (1929-2011)". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01.
  4. Hitchcock-DeGregori, Sarah (1998). "Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators". Biophysical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25.
  5. "Biophysical Society Names 2015 Award Recipients". 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-04.
  6. "Patricia Clark receives 2013 Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25.
  7. Gewin, V. (2010). "Turning point". Nature 468 (7325): 859. doi:10.1038/nj7325-859a.