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Michael and Kate Bárány Award
The Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, "recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor." The award was established in 1992 as the Young Investigator Award and renamed in 1998, when it was endowed by Michael Bárány and Kate Bárány. The Báránys were survivors of The Holocaust who went on to become leading researchers in muscle contraction.
Michael and Kate Bárány Award Laureates.
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a woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research;
- Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators recognizes outstanding contributions to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor at the time of nomination; and
- US Genomics Award (Awarded 2006-2011) recognized exceptional researchers for seminal contributions to the field of Single Molecule Biology (SMB).
The Society also offers travel awards to its annual meeting, poster awards at