It was announced today that Dr Karen Beemonhas been awarded the third annual M.JeangRetrovirology
Prize. Dr Beemon, Professor andChair of the Biology Department, Johns Hopkins
大学,will receive a
$3000 cheque and a crystal trophy, and isinterviewedin an
article published today inRetrovirology.
The M.JeangRetrovirology
Prize, awarded annually, recognises an outstanding mid-career retrovirologist
aged 45 to 60. The prize, supported by the Ming K. Jeang Foundation, alternates
between HIV and non-HIV research. The winner is selected byRetrovirology’s
Editors, from nominations submitted by the journal’s Editorial Board.Retrovirology’s
Editor-in-Chief, Kuan-Teh Jeang explained why they awarded Dr Beemon with
theRetrovirologyprize:
“教授
Beemon has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of how
retroviruses transform cells. She was
instrumental in establishing that one of the importanttransformation mechanisms is the aberrant
phosphorylation of cellular proteins on tyrosine residues.”
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