The Edward Novitski Prize is awarded by the
Genetics Society of America
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is a scholarly membership society of more than 5,500 genetics researchers and educators, established in 1931. The Society was formed from the reorganization of the Joint Genetics Sections of the
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(GSA) to recognize an extraordinary level of creativity and intellectual ingenuity in solving significant problems in genetics research.
Named in honor of
Drosophila
''Drosophila'' () is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species ...
geneticist
Edward Novitski Edward Novitski (July 24, 1918 – June 29, 2006) was an American geneticist. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945, and 1974. The Edward Novitski Prize was named for him.
Life
He was born in Wilkes-Barre. He experimented with Drosophila in high ...
(1918-2006), the award recognizes scientific achievement that stands out from the body of innovative work, that is deeply impressive to creative masters in the field, and that solves a difficult problem in genetics. It recognizes the beautiful and intellectually ingenious experimental design and execution involved in genetics scientific discovery.
The prize, established by the Novitski family, includes an engraved medal.
Award recipients
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Genetics Society of America
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* 2008 Thomas J. Silhavy
* 2009 Rodney J. Rothstein and Kent Golic
* 2010
* 2011 Abby F. Dernburg
* 2012 Dana Carroll
* 2013 Jonathan K. Pritchard
Jonathan Karl Pritchard is an English-born professor of genetics at Stanford University, best known for his development of the STRUCTURE algorithm for studying population structure and his work on human genetic variation and evolution.Pritchard Lab ...
* 2014 Charles Boone
* 2015 Sue Biggins
* 2016 Leonid Kruglyak, HHMI and University of California, Los Angeles
* 2017 Jonathan Hodgkin
* 2018 Job Dekker
* 2019 Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman is an American physician-scientist focused on research in genetics, microbiology, and infectious diseases. He is the James B. Duke Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University School ...
* 2020 Welcome Bender
* 2021 Feng Zhang
Feng Zhang (; born October 22, 1981) is a Chinese-American biochemist. Zhang currently holds the James and Patricia Poitras Professorship in Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and in the departments of Brain and Cognitive ...
* 2022 Harmit Malik
See also
* List of genetics awards
This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornitholo ...
External links
The Edward Novitski Prize
References
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Genetics awards
Awards established in 2008
American awards