Jordi Folch-Pi AwardJordi Folch-Pi Award is given to an outstanding young investigator who has demonstrated a high level of research competence and originality, who has significantly advanced our knowledge of neurochemistry and who shows a high degree of potential for future accomplishments. The award is a cash prize of $1,500 and plaque, and the recipient has an opportunity to organize a symposium at the ASN Annual Meeting being held the year following presentation of the award. Jordi Folch Pi was a Catalan biochemist at Harvard University (McLean Hospital) who is recognized universally as one of the founders of the field of structural chemistry of complex lipids and as a leader in the development of Neurochemistry as a distinct discipline within the Neurosciences. He was born in Barcelona, Spain, on March 25, 1911, and died in Boston, Massachusetts on October 3, 1979, at 69 years of age. Biographies of Jordi Folch-Pi:http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/jfolch-pi.html http://asneurochem.org/ASNarchive/History/Lees.htm http://www.cyberlipid.org/phlip/folch3.htm Application details:APPLICATION DEADLINE:
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