2010 Recipient Chosen for International Prize for Biology

	Dr. Nancy Ann Moran

On 7 October, at a meeting of the Committee on the International Prize for Biology (chaired by Dr. Takashi Sugimura, vice president, the Japan Academy) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science decided to present the 26^th (2010) International Prize for Biology to Dr. Nancy Ann Moran, an American citizen who is a William H. Fleming Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA.

The field of specialization for the 26^th Prize is “Biology of Symbiosis.” Dr. Moran has contributed greatly to the advancement of the biology of symbiosis over recent years through her studies of intimate coevolutionary relationships between insects and the endosymbiotic bacteria that live within them. These studies have yielded by far the largest number of outstanding research results in this field thanks to Dr. Moran’s versatile approach, which draws upon molecular biology, genomics, and experimental and theoretical biology.

Award Ceremony

The award ceremony was held on 6 December at the Japan Academy. As in previous years, Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress attended the ceremony and a party held in honor of the award recipient.

Commemorative Symposium

To commemorate the award to Dr. Moran, the 26^th International Prize for Biology Commemorative Symposium on Symbiosis was held on 7-8 December at Tsukuba International Congress Center, Ibaraki.

Dr. Nancy Ann Moran
Nationality:		United States of America
Present Position:		William H. Fleming Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, USA
Curriculum Vitae:
	2010-present	William H. Fleming Professor, Yale University
	2001-2010	Regents’ Professor, University of Arizona
	1996-2000	Professor, University of Arizona
	1991-1996	Associate Professor, University of Arizona
	1986-1991	Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
	1984-1986	Postdoctoral Fellow, Northern Arizona University
	1984	National Academy of Sciences Fellow, Institute of Entomology, Czechoslovakia
Awards and Distinctions:
	2008	University of Arizona Alumni Association Extraordinary Faculty Award
	2007	Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
	2006	Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
	2006	Galileo Circle Faculty Fellow, College of Science, University of Arizona
	2004	Member of the National Academy of Sciences
	2004	Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
	2001	University of Arizona Regents’ Professor
	1997-2002	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow
	1988	American Society of Naturalists President’s Award

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