Awards and Honors | School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology and its departments of Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology recognize outstanding undergraduate, graduate, faculty, staff, and alumni with several awards and fellowships. In addition to school and departmental honors, MCB is always thrilled to highlight awards from other campus units, and national/international organizations. Some of the most recent news stories spotlighting our community are listed below.

Maria Spies receives Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award

2009-09-03

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Maria Spies has received the 2010 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society.

John Gerlt receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

2009-09-03

Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Biochemistry John Gerlt has been selected by the American Chemical Society as an ACS 2010 Award Winner.

Brian Freeman Receives 2009 Educator's Award

2009-07-06

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Brian Freeman received the 2009 Educator’s Award from the UI Alumni Association in April.

Maria Spies Receives HHMI Early Career Scientist Award

2009-07-01

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Maria Spies has been selected to receive a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Early Career Scientist Award.

"There is a functional developmental parallel between the way a bird learns to sing and a human learns to speak," said David Clayton, a professor of neuroscience and cell and developmental biology at the University of Illinois who led the group that proposed and organized the genome sequencing effort. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

David Clayton Appointed Fellow of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

2009-06-23

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology David Clayton has been appointed a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Govindjee stands next to a plaque outside titled "Understanding Photosynthesis."

Govindjee Receives Alumni Award

2008-10-24

Govindjee, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Plant Biology, recently received the LAS Alumni Achievement Award for his lifetime contributions to photosynthesis research. The annual award is given by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Association to a select few...

Salyers Receives ASM Award

2009-01-24

Professor of Microbiology Abigail Salyers has been given the American Society for Microbiology Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award. The honor is given to an individual for distinguished teaching at the graduate level and outstanding mentoring of graduate and postgraduate students.

Carl Woese receives Distinguished Service Medallion

2009-03-24

The UI Board of Trustees voted March 11 to present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medallion, to Carl R. Woese, the Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Microbiology.

Professor Phillip A. Newmark

2008-04-22

On May 27th, Phillip A. Newmark, an associate professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB), was named a 2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. With this award Dr. Newmark joins a select group of 56 biomedical scientists chosen from among 1,070 applications...

MCB Undergraduate Awards

2009-05-17

Numerous teachers and students were honored in this year's School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Awards Ceremony, held in May.