Principal Investigator Award: BSC Fellow

BSC Fellows are scientists who have made exceptional contributions to biophysics. Fellows are chosen by the executive based on a recommendation from the awards committee after nominations by BSC members.

NOMINATION DEADLINE: JUNE 30

BSC Fellows

BSC Fellows are principal investigators who have made exceptional contributions to biophysics. Fellows are chosen by the executive based on a recommendation from the awards committee after nominations by BSC members.

Eligibility: We solicit nominations for Fellows of the Biophysical Society of Canada. All members of the Biophysical Society of Canada who are in good standing are welcome to submit a nomination of deserving candidates for the award by e-mailing a nomination package to our Awards Committee. Nominees for Fellows must be Canadian or working in Canada.

Nomination ProcessComplete nomination packages must be sent to Trushar Patel. Only nominations received by the deadline will be reviewed and ranked through votes by the executives of the Biophysical Society of Canada. Nominations in all areas of biophysics are welcome. The nomination package must include:

  • A one page cover letter from the nominator
  • A current CV of the nominee
  • Two supporting letters from arms-length biophysicists different from the nominator
Adjudication & Presentation: Award winners are recognized at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada

Past Award Recipients

Paul Wiseman
2024

Paul Wiseman

Dr. Wiseman is a renowned fluorescence microscopy expert, whose image correlation techniques have had tremendous impact in cell biology and biophysics by enabling high-resolution mapping of protein dynamics in living cells.

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2023

Michael Woodside

Dr. Woodside is a world-renowned single-molecule force spectroscopy expert, whose research has advanced our fundamental understanding of nucleic acid and protein folding, and their roles in diseases

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2022

Julie Forman-Kay

Dr. Julie Forman-Kay is a pioneer in elucidating the relationships between structure, dynamics and function of intrinsically disordered proteins and biomolecular phase separation.

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2019

Hue Sun Chan

Dr. Chan has made major contributions to the field of protein folding and continues to design and apply computational tools to a wide variety of biophysical problems.

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2015

Ian C. P. Smith

Dr. Smith’s main scientific interest is the application of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy to non-invasive medical diagnoses.

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