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Gregorio Weber International Prize in Biological Fluorescence 2008

The Gregorio Weber International Prize in Biological Fluorescence (Weber Prize) is awarded for research related to a doctoral (or equivalent) dissertation. All fields of biological fluorescence (experimental, theoretical, or applied) are eligible. The award is conferred approximately every three years and is presented at a selected international scientific meeting. The award is international in scope. Submitted dissertations will be evaluated by a scientific panel and three finalists will be identified. A second panel will select the winner from the three finalists. Weber Prizes were awarded in 2002 and 2005. The third Weber Prize will be awarded in 2008.

The winner of the 2008 Weber Prize will receive a cash award of $2,500 and an invitation to present an acceptance lecture at the Weber Symposium in Hawaii, where the award will be presented: (http://www.lfd.uci.edu/weber/symposium). The remaining two finalists will receive honorable mention awards of $1,000 each, and will also be invited to the Weber Symposium.

Award Requirements 2008
• The dissertation must have been accepted and the doctorate conferred during the three years prior to December 14, 2007;
• English is the preferred language. Dissertations not in English must include a 10-15-page summary in English;
• A maximum of two first (or last) author published manuscripts, arising from the dissertation research, must also be provided. Manuscripts not in English must have an English translation appended;
• Materials should be submitted in digital format (preferably in PDF) via the Registration page.

Please see http://www.lfd.uci.edu/weber/prize.

• Deadline for submission is December 14, 2007

Selection Committees 2008
• Selection of finalists: W Mantulin, UC Irvine (USA) Panel Moderator; P Callis, U Montana (USA); A Chattopadhyay, Centre Cellular Mol Biol (India); Y. Chen, U Minnesota (USA); P Chong, Temple U (USA); C Dong, Natl Taiwan U (Taiwan); I Gryczynski, U NTexas HSC (USA); D Lamb, Ludwig-Maximilians U (Germany); V Levi, U Buenos Aires (Argentina); Q Ruan, Abbott Labs (USA); P Wiseman, McGill U (Canada); W Zipfel, Cornell U (USA)
• Winner selection: R Clegg, U Illinois (USA), Panel Moderator; M Coppey-Moisan, Inst. Jacques Monod (France); K Jacobson, U NCarolina (USA)