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Gentle reminder: 10 days remain to submit nominations for the 2026 Kuo Awards.</div>
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<b>From: </b>Huilin Li <Huilin.Li@vai.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu <3dem@ncmir.ucsd.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>guo.qiang@pku.edu.cn <guo.qiang@pku.edu.cn>, Yifan.Cheng@ucsf.edu <yifan.cheng@ucsf.edu>, Da-Neng.Wang@nyulangone.org <da-neng.wang@nyulangone.org>, feisun@ibp.ac.cn <feisun@ibp.ac.cn><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Call for Nominations: 2026 K.H. Kuo Awards<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">Dear Cryo-EM Community:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">I am forwarding the following announcement on behalf of the K.H. Kuo Education Fund:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">We seek nominations from the cryo-EM community for two awards to be presented at the 2026 Kuo Symposium on Cryo-EM in Beijing, August 21–25, 2026:<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 91, 255); line-height: 16.866667px;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026/__;!!Mih3wA!DCGMdvknpT3I9KJUyQKcRZUsK0m82NT-1CgXv-uyUxPXtIwzihcwg_l6FYTjx6MF3lPuP1mMpizK6ClUl9I$" data-outlook-id="a38079f0-2b3d-4422-841a-858f0a13c251" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium/2026/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Awardees are expected to attend the Symposium to receive the award and present an invited lecture. Both awards are presented every two years at the
Kuo Symposium on Cryo-EM.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;"><b>K.H. Kuo Award for Distinguished Scientist in Biological Electron Microscopy<br>
</b>Recognizes a mid-career scientist (within 10 years of becoming an independent investigator) who has made outstanding contributions to biological electron microscopy, particularly, but not limited to, methodological developments in cryo-electron microscopy.
The award includes a $2,000 cash prize and a certificate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;"><b>K.H. Kuo Award for Outstanding Young Scientist in Structural Biology<br>
</b>Recognizes an early-career scientist (within 6 years of receiving a Ph.D. or M.D.) who has made major contributions to structural biology through the development of cryo-EM methodology or its application to important biological questions. The award includes
a $1,000 cash prize and a certificate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Both awards are sponsored by the K.H. Kuo Education Fund, established in 1999 and registered in California as a nonprofit organization, to honor the
scientific achievements of the late Professor K.H. Kuo:<br>
</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 91, 255); line-height: 16.866667px;"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6340888/__;!!Mih3wA!DCGMdvknpT3I9KJUyQKcRZUsK0m82NT-1CgXv-uyUxPXtIwzihcwg_l6FYTjx6MF3lPuP1mMpizKtJo3KmY$" data-outlook-id="62373755-6bb1-4f44-ba91-ef56a7a4909f" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6340888/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Each nomination must be submitted by two co-nominators. The nomination package should include:<br>
(1) a nomination letter and a supporting letter;<br>
(2) the nominee’s CV, including publications and honors (≤5 pages); and<br>
(3) a one-page description of the nominee’s scientific accomplishments.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Nomination materials should be addressed to the Kuo Award Committee and submitted by email no later than April 1, 2026, to Qiang Guo, Chair of the
2026 Kuo Symposium on Cryo-EM, at</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 91, 255); line-height: 16.866667px;"> <a href="mailto:guo.qiang@pku.edu.cn" data-outlook-id="b8ae73e2-378e-4400-9f82-e53a96fe5129" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">guo.qiang@pku.edu.cn</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">Attendance at the Kuo Symposium is required for awardees to receive the award.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.4px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px;">The K.H. Kuo Education Fund</span></p>
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Huilin Li, PhD<br>
Professor and Chair<br>
Ralph and Grace Hauenstein Endowed Chair in Structural Biology<br>
Department of Structural Biology<br>
Van Andel Institute<br>
333 Bostwick Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503<br>
Phone: (616) 234.5306<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:Huilin.Li@vai.org" data-outlook-id="26e0ba4e-273c-48f9-a0eb-19f3abfd5b67" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Huilin.Li@vai.org</a> <br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://HuilinLiLab.vai.org__;!!Mih3wA!DCGMdvknpT3I9KJUyQKcRZUsK0m82NT-1CgXv-uyUxPXtIwzihcwg_l6FYTjx6MF3lPuP1mMpizKSecBQI4$" data-outlook-id="6dc4b934-ba2d-408a-b129-7fc03b9dc95d" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://HuilinLiLab.vai.org</a> </span></p>
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