Alan Hall and Norton B. Gilula Awards
To support the next generation of researchers, JCB provides the Alan Hall and Norton B. Gilula Awards that allow undergraduates, graduate, and early-career postdocs to attend Cell Bio, an annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). This year, we offered two awards to attend Cell Bio 2024, December 14–18 in San Diego, CA.
Eligibility:
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Established in memory of Alan Hall, former JCB Editor-in-Chief. Open to outstanding graduate students, and first year postdocs whose work being presented at Cell Bio 2024 was performed while a PhD or MD/PhD student, who excelled in their research as trainees. One winner will be presented with a certificate during the meeting and receive reimbursement for registration and travel to Cell Bio 2024, up to $1,000 USD. |
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Established in memory of Norton B. “Bernie” Gilula, former JCB Editor-in-Chief. Open to outstanding graduate or undergraduate students who excelled in their research as trainees. One winner will be presented with a certificate and receive reimbursement for registration and travel to Cell Bio 2024, up to $1,000 USD. |
Alan Hall Awards
Norton B. Gilula Awards2024 Award Recipients
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Alia Edington is a California native, and a graduating Ph.D. student in Dr. Jonathan Friedman's lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She has a passion for investigating fundamental, dynamic cell biology processes using advanced microscopy techniques and works on identifying novel internal mitochondrial proteins that mediate mitochondrial fission. In addition to working in the lab, Alia is also passionate about helping others navigate their Ph.D. journey and has been an avid student leader for the duration of her PhD. |
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Born in Atlanta, Justin Krish Williams obtained his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Georgia Tech. He is currently a graduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley where he studies the connection between cell membrane repair and extracellular vesicle secretion in the lab of Randy Schekman. In the little time he has outside of the lab, he teaches math at San Quentin State Prison and plays on his soccer team, Soctopus. |
Alia Edington
Justin Krish WilliamsPrevious Winners
Alan Hall Award Winners
2023: Jessica Moore, Duke University, Durham, NC
2022: Matthew Reynolds, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
2021: Virtual meeting
- Darshini Jeyasimman, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Emmanuel Nsamba, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Nadav Scher, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Sarah Prophet, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Joana Ferreira, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2020: Virtual meeting
- Bishal Basak, National Centre for Biological Sciences [NCBS]-TIFR, Bengaluru, India
- Sindhuja Gowrisankaran, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Andrés Guillén-Samander, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Tong Shu New York University, New York, NY
- Chloe Snider, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2019: Devashish Dwivedi, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2018: Gabriel Muhire Gihana, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2017: Lauren Kraft, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Norton B. Gilula Award Winners
2023: Brady Goulden, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2022: Natalie Ortiz Speer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2021: Virtual meeting
- Rebecca Kattan, University of California, Irvine, CA
- Reika Tei, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Sisi Yang, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Olivia Harding, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert J. Rabelo-Fernández, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR
2020: Virtual meeting
- Heidi Anderson, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- Cora Betsinger, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Shashank Gandhi, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- Michael Martinez, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
- Marco Novais-Cruz, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S), Porto, Portugal
2019: Sanchari Datta, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2018: Victoria Deneke, Duke University, Durham, NC
2017: Rituraj Marwaha, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Mohali, India
*Please note that all institutional affiliations reflect when the awards were given and may not be current.
Application:
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Note: Applicants are expected to fully understand and abide by policies, guidelines, and rules set for by their institution(s) with regard to travel awards and grants, and may not hold The Rockefeller University Press liable for their failure to receive an award under any circumstances. Rockefeller University Press does not support in-kind travel arrangements. Acceptance of the check constitutes permission for the Rockefeller University Press to use the winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.
Photo of Alan Hall courtesy of the Biozentrum
