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ISAC Awards
 


ISAC offers several annual awards for extraordinary achievements in the field of cytometry and other related sciences.

Howard Shapiro Award

Recognizes a researcher in a developing country who is working on innovative technologies for developing or implementing diagnostic or educational tools using image or flow cytometry. A recipient does not need to be a member of the Society.

Mack Fulwyler Award for Innovative Excellence

Established in memory of Mack J. Fulwyler, the inventor of the electrostatic cell sorter, this award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding innovation by invention, or in a career of innovative science. A recipient does not need to be a member of the Society.

Joseph T. Trotter Leader in Cytometry Technology Award

This award recognizes an individual who has advanced cytometry through physical or conceptual contributions that enhance the practice of cytometry by improving accuracy, precision, speed, throughput, or ease of use.

Distinguished Service Award

A Distinguished Service Award was established to honor those individuals who served the Society in a major role, provided major support to the Society and its members, or made a significant contribution to the success of the Society.

Please note that prior to 2006 the award was known as the Honorary Fellow of the Society Award. *

Membership Award

The ISAC Membership Award recognizes an individual with exceptional service to the cytometry community, as well as to the Society and those who have achieved peer recognition for advancing the field of cytometry.

* The award includes a plaque and lifetime membership in ISAC. *

President’s Award for Excellence

The President's Award for Excellence is presented to one or more of the outstanding younger members of the Society. The award recognizes an outstanding scientific presentation at the CYTO Conference by a post-graduate researcher. To be eligible for this award, a candidate must be a member of the Society, out of post-doctoral training for no more than five years, have made presentations at national and international meetings, have published in refereed journals, and attend CYTO, the Society’s Annual Congress. In addition, the candidate must submit a brief paper on the subject of a poster presented at the Congress.

Exceptional Student Award

The Exceptional Student Award recognizes continuing outstanding performance by a student with service to the field and to the Society. To be eligible for this award, a candidate must be a member of the Society, be a pre-doctoral student, and follow a field of study in any physical or natural science with a goal of working in cytometry. In addition, the candidate must submit a brief paper on the subject of a poster presented at the Congress.

Cytometry Part A Best Paper Award

Established in 2003, this award recognized the best paper appearing in Cytometry Part A, as judged by the editors and associate editors.

Outstanding Poster Award

The Outstanding Poster Award is a competitive award given to one or more poster presenters at each CYTO Congress.

CYTO Technology Showcase Award

The CYTO Innovation Technology Showcase is an annual event organized by the CYTO Innovation Committee which allows scientists and engineers who seek to commercialize new technologies and services for cell analysis to present their plans to an audience of cytometrists, entrepreneurs, investors, and business development professionals from established corporations.


Previous Award Winners

 Year       
 Distinguished Service Award  Membership Award
 (Honorary Fellow pre-2002) 

 Mack Fulwyler Award for 
Innovative Excellence

Howard Shapiro Award Joseph T. Trotter Leader in Cytometry Technology President's Award for Excellence   Exceptional Student Award 
 2024 John Nolan Bill Telford Gerrit van den Engh Lyana Setiawan   Lei Chen Citradewi Soemardy
 2023

 Andreas Radbruch

 Zosia Maciorowski    Digby  Warner C. Bruce Bagwell 

 Lisa Budzinski & Shreya Udani

 2022

 Paul Wallace

 Peter Lopez

Joanne Lannigan

Günter Valet

Leonore Herzenberg

 Tomáš Kalina Jina Ko

Matthew DiSalvo

Sara Garcia-Garcia

 2019

 J. Paul Robinson

Bill Telford

 Derek Davies Scott Cram    Thomas Liechti

 Jennifer Eng

Amy Tsai

2018

Ryan Brinkman

Paul Smith

Jonni Moore Alan Waggoner   Jolanda Brummelman

Ashley Connelly

Dickson Siu

 2017     

Joanne Lannigan

Diether Recktenwald

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz Stefan Miltenyi   Asylkhan Rakhymzhan Thomas Ashhurst
 2016

Kathy Muirhead

Robert Murphy

Betsy Ohlsson-Wilhelm

Peter Rabinovich

Gulderen Yanikkaya Demirel Howard Shapiro   Christopher Baker Denis Schapiro
2015 Zosia Maciorowski Mario Roederer Wolfgang Gohde   Jakub Nedbal Charles Shields IV
2014

Jim Jett

Gary Durack

J. Paul Robinson David Hedley   Pia Kvistborg Maria Rebelo
 2013

James Leary

Maria Pallavicini

Vincent Shankey Tom Jovin   

Er Liu

Adriano Taddeo

Charles Shields IV
 2012

Jan Visser

Peter Lansdorp

Robert Lief Leon Terstappen   Sean Bendall Rikki K. Anderson
 2011

Alex Nakeff

Bruce Bagwell

Janos Szollosi

Frank Traganos

Scott Cram

Carleton Stewart

D. Lansing Taylor   Tiffany Chen Allesandra Costa
 2010

Attila Tarnok

Bob Auer

Laura Teodori

Bob Hoffman

Alan Waggoner

David Park

Awtar Krishan Joe Gray   Ana Juan Garcia Deanna Santer
 2008 Awtar Krishan Hans J. Tanke Ted Young   Ewa Zuba-Suma Gabor Moscar
 2006

Brian H. Mayall

Ole Didrik Laerum

Gunter Valet

Michael G. Ormerod

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz      
 2004 James V. Watson Anne A. Hurley        
 2002

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz

Ian T. Young

Howard Shapiro        
 2000

Carleton W. Stewart

Scott Cram

Harry A. Crissman

Harald B. Steen

       
 1998

Philip N. Dean

Barton L. Gledhill

Louis A. Kametsky

Wolfgang Gohde

Leonard A. Herzenberg

       
 1996 Leon L. Wheeless

Myron Melamed

Mortimer L. Mendelsohn

       
 1994

Mack J. Fulwyler

Johannes Schumann

Klauss Goerttle

Marvin A. Van Dilla

       
 1993

Wallace Coulter

Bernard Shoor

J. Sebastian (Bas) Ploem