The Society for Glycobiology is seeking nominations for the Karl Meyer Award. This award honors a well-established, currently active scientist who has made widely recognized major contributions to the field of Glycobiology. The award will be presented at the Society’s annual meeting. Members wishing to make nominations should follow these guidelines.

Any member may nominate any other member of the Society in good standing, except that the members of the Awards Committee may not be nominated nor are they eligible to submit nominations, nor may they contribute letters of support. The members of the Awards Committee for 2010 are: Anne Dell, Tom Oeltmann, Jeff Esko, Richard Cummings and James Paulson.

The primary nominator shall contact the candidate nominee to obtain permission to nominate and to make the nominee aware of the of the nomination and selection process, before submitting the nomination to the society.

The nomination should include:

• The nomination’s curriculum vitae with a complete bibliography separated into:
  1) original peer-reviewed articles
  
  2) other publications (do not include abstracts)
  
• Nominating letter including:
  1) a brief description of the scientific achievements that merit the nomination
  2) other aspects of the nominee’s track record that might be taken into consideration (e.g., mentorship of trainees, general impact on the field, interactions with other scientists, service to the society, etc.)

Previous award recipients should not be nominated. They are Vincent Hascall, Ulf Lindahl, Gilbert Ashwell, Saul Roseman, Sen-itiroh Hakomori, Minoru Fukuda, Harry Schachter, Stuart Kornfeld, Robert Hill, Phillips W. Robbins, Jacques Baenziger, Pamela Stanley, Bill Lennarz, Ajit Varki, Gerald Hart, Jeff Esko, Richard Cummings and James Paulson.

Nomination packets should be sent to arrive no later than July 23, 2010.

DEADLINE: JULY 23, 2010!

IT IS STRONGLY PREFERRED THAT SUBMISSION OF ALL NOMINATING MATERIALS SHOULD BE BY EMAIL TO: secretary@glycobiology.org

If necessary, send regular mail or express mail to:
Dr. Kelley Moremen
Attn: Karl Meyer Award
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
315 Riverbend Rd.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-4712