Olga Dudko [2022]
University of California, San Diego
Citation: For using nonequilibrium statistical mechanics theory to model the response of biomolecules, macromolecular complexes, chromosomes, and viral envelopes to forces, thus providing a framework to identify and characterize biological processes from kinetics experiments.
Nominated by: DBIO
Thomas Gregor [2022]
Princeton University & Institut Pasteur
Citation: For the development of the fruit fly embryo as a physics laboratory, uncovering unexpected precision in the control of gene expression and the flow of information through genetic networks, illuminating the physics of fundamental cellular processes.
Nominated by: DBIO
Gregory J Stephens [2022]
VU Amsterdam & OIST Graduate University
Citation: For foundational contributions to the new field of the physics of animal behavior, and especially for understanding the statistical structure and the dynamics of behavior of a nematode, C. elegans.
Nominated by: DBIO
Roya Zandi [2022]
University of California, Riverside
Citation: For the application of fundamental theories of elasticity, electrostatics, and phase transitions to elucidate unique physical phenomena arising in viral capsid formation, notably the origin of icosahedral symmetry, the role of disclinations, and the branched topology of RNA genomes.
Nominated by: DBIO