[3dem] Call for Nominations: June Almeida Award for Mid/Senior-Career Women in Cryo-EM

[Chang, Yi-Wei]

Dear colleagues,

The 2027 Biophysical Society Cryo-EM Subgroup welcomes nominations for the June Almeida Award for Mid/Senior-Career Women in Cryo-EM. The nomination deadline is November 13, 2026. Details on eligibility and nomination requirements can be found here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.biophysics.org/Awards-Funding/Subgroup-Awards__;!!Mih3wA!FJhaDkeozdAKInQFigw5PjIAGCE09ZcvGNdOKer0AceIozbtLiUDP47o6sr51vzhWr3gO221STJIg3UZ04atoqf7lg$ .

Previous awardees include:

2025: Elizabeth R. Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2026: Melanie Ohi, University of Michigan

June Almeida was the virologist who first identified the human coronaviruses, so named for the “corona” appearance of the virus particles as seen by electron microscopy. This award is named in the spirit of June Almeida’s innovative research and honors innovative contributions to cryo-EM by women scientists. The awardee will receive an honorarium and present their research at the BPS Cryo-EM Subgroup Symposium on Saturday, February 20, 2027, in Philadelphia.

Nomination packets should be sent to bps.cryo.em.subgroup at gmail.com<mailto:bps.cryo.em.subgroup at gmail.com>. Previous unsuccessful nominations may be resubmitted. Please feel free to contact the BPS Cryo-EM Subgroup Committee with any questions about the award.

Best,

The 2027 BPS Cryo-EM Subgroup Committee
Yi-Wei Chang, Chair
Amedee des Georges, Chair-Elect
Edward Eng, Secretary-Treasurer
Tina Izard and Qiangjun Zhou, Faculty Program Co-Chairs
Kollin Schultz, Postdoc Program Co-Chair
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