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Paul Boyer Award for Outstanding PostDoctoral Studies in biochemistry - 2/10/2003
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The 2003 Recipients will present their talks at 3:30 pm in B1118 Biochemistry.
Scott Michaels
Memories of winter: the central role of FLOWERING LOCUS C in the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis
Christian Eckmann
Mining for Gold - Cell Fate Decisions in the C. elegans Germline
Paul Delos Boyer
is a native of Provo, Utah where he graduated from Brigham Young
University in 1939. He was a graduate student in the UW-Madison
Biochemistry Department with Professor Paul Phillips and finished his
Ph.D. in 1943. After 17 years as a faculty member at the University of
Minnesota, he moved to UCLA where in 1965 he became founding Director
of UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute.
As a graduate student he
discovered the role of potassium as a co-factor for pyruvate kinase.
This was the first evidence for an alkaline metal cation participating
in enzyme atalysis. He continued studying enzymes throughout his career
and served as editor of the multi-volume treatise" The Enzymes". paul
is best known for revealing the binding change mechanism for ATP
synthasa involving a novel rotational catalysis.
Paul?s achievements have been recognizing in many awards: Nobel Prize
in Chemistry, 1997; Rose Award, American Society of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology; American Chemical Society Award in Enzyme Chemistry;
Honorary Doctorates-Stockholm, 1974; University of Minnesota, 1996;
University of Wisconsin, 1998. He is a member of the National Academy
of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Despite all the professional responsibilities Paul and his wife Lyda
find time for tennis, biking, golf, and building homes. They have
supervised construction and furnishing of three, giving Paul an outlet
for his carpentry skills.
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