Category: Prizes
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Leonid Mirny presented with the Tel Aviv University International Prize in Biophysics
On May 12th in Tel Aviv, Leonid Mirny was honored with the 2024 Tel Aviv University International Prize in Biophysics. The award ceremony was part of a symposium that also celebrated fellow laureates: Professor Cees Dekker of Delft University of Technology, also a 2024 recipient, and Professor Ariel Amir of the Weizmann Institute of Science,…
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Sackler Prize in Biophysics renamed after three laureates call for a name change
Following a ScienceInsider feature in the June 2024 issue for Science in which all three laureates called for renaming the prize, Tel Aviv University has renamed the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics to the Tel Aviv University International prize in Physics. “It is never too late to counteract the name washing…
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Leonid Mirny shares the Sackler Prize with Cees Dekker and Petra Schwille
Laureates of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics for the Year 2024 Prof. Cornelis (Cees) Dekker, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands For his seminal contributions to single-molecule biophysics, including the application of nanotechnology to biological systems, developing single-molecule techniques leading to breakthroughs in DNA and protein sequencing with nanopores, novel insights…