Martin Gruebele Shares 2008 Sackler Biophysics Prize

11/12/2008

Martin Gruebele has been awarded the 2008 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics. The research field for 2008 was "Physics of Structure Formation and Self-Assembly of Proteins and Nucleic Acids." Photo courtesy L. Brian Stauffer.

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Martin Gruebele, professor of chemistry, biophysics, and physics, and investigator in the Center for Physics of Living Cells, will share the 2008 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics. The research field for 2008 was the physics of structure formation and self-assembly of proteins and nucleic acids. Gruebele was cited for his experimental studies of fast processes mediating the structural dynamics of complex biomolecular systems.  He will share the prize with David Baker, University of Washington, and Jonathan Weissman, University of California, San Francisco. The prize will be awarded on December 15, 2008, at Tel Aviv University. Gruebele joins Professor of Physics Paul R. Selvin, who won the Prize in 2006. 



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This story was published November 12, 2008.