From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Thu Feb 05 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Carol Gross" Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.biophysics Subject: ALEKSANDER JABLONSKI PRIZE - Biological Fluorescence Date: 5 Feb 1998 16:01:37 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 29 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: cgross@biosci.cbs.umn.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <199802052353.RAA26433@biosci.cbs.umn.edu> Reply-To: "Carol Gross" NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The Biological Fluorescence Subgroup of the Biophysical Society seeks nominations for The ALEKSANDER JABLONSKI PRIZE The Aleksander Jablonski Prize, sponsored by the Biological Fluorescence Subgroup of the Biophysical Society and Spectronic Instruments, Inc., will be awarded to investigators nominated by their peers for outstanding fundamental accomplishments in the principles and applications of fluorescence spectroscopy. The awardee will receive a $2500 cash prize and will present an award lecture on his/her research during the Jablonski Centennial conference on Luminescence and Photophysics to be held in Torun, Poland in late July, 1998. This is the second year for this award. The first recipient was Dr. Gregorio Weber of the University of Illinois. The nominee will be selected by the Jablonski Prize Committee consisting of: Dr. Danuta Frackowiak, Politechnika Poznanska; Dr. Robert D. Fugate, Spectronic Instruments, Inc. (formerly SLM-AMINCO); Dr. Zbigniew R. Grabowski, Polish Academy of Science; Dr. Saburo Nagakura, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology; and Dr. J.B. Alexander Ross, Committee Chairperson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Letters of nominations should be received by May 15, 1998. Address to: Dr. J.B.A. Ross Department of Biochemistry, Box 1020 Mount Sinai School of Medicine One Gustave L. Levy Place New York, New York 10029 U.S.A.