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American Society of Plant Biologists names 2025 award recipients

2025-05-09
(Press-News.org) The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 awards, which honor distinction in service, outreach, education, and research.

Adolph E. Gude Jr. Award

Brian Larkins, University of Arizona, Tucson ASPB Innovation Prize for Agricultural Technology

Marc Albertsen, Manjit Singh, Mark Williams, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa Charles Albert Shull Award

Patrick Shih, University of California, Berkeley Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award

Sarah (Sally) Assmann, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Enid MacRobbie Corresponding Membership Nominee

Corresponding Member status is conferred by election on the Society’s annual ballot. This honor, initially given in 1932, provides life membership to distinguished plant biologists outside the United States. The following individual has been nominated this year:

Christine Raines, Essex University, Essex, United Kingdom Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award

Kevin Cox, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri Excellence in Education Award

Amy Marshall-Colón, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Fellow of ASPB Award

Ivan Baxter, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri Jeffrey Bennetzen, University of Georgia, Athens Christoph Benning, Michigan State University, East Lansing Aruna Kilaru, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City Gustavo MacIntosh, Iowa State University, Ames Jane Silverthorne Early Career Award

Gozde Demirer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Martin Gibbs Medal

Mark Estelle, University of California San Diego, La Jolla Stephen Hales Prize

Gary Stacey, University of Missouri, Columbia Please join ASPB in celebrating this year's award winners. Congratulations to all!

About ASPB
ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that is devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 3,000 plant scientists from throughout the United States and around the world, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals, The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, and co-publishes the open access journal Plant Direct. ASPB also hosts the annual Plant Biology conference; supports plant science outreach, engagement, and advocacy; and powers the Plantae digital ecosystem for plant scientists. Learn more  about ASPB at https://aspb.org/.

 

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