Annual Award of the C. A. and C .C.Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research

The First Annual Research Paper Prize, and the Lifetime Achievement Prize of the Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research will be awarded by June 2007 The Awards consist of a certificate and one thousand (1,000) dollar per prize to be used at the discretion of the awardees. For more details visit the Foundation website at “www. vlpbp.org”.

The Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research is a tax-exempt institution, located in Champaign, Illinois, dedicated to the promotion of Fundamental Research at the National and International levels.

Among other things, the "Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research will sponsor national and international research on chloroplast chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology. It will feature papers of the month and papers of the year to promote the best research on chloroplasts and will deliver annual prizes for the best papers in the field.” Gradually the number of awards will be increased form one to eight awards to eventually cover the eight chloroplast research areas listed below

The Foundation is run by a group of scientists that comprise

  • a President of the Board (C. A. Rebeiz, crebeiz@uiuc.edu) and eight (8) Board Directors, that represent eight chloroplast research areas of interest, namely:
  • Thomas Bach, for Prenyllipids, University of Stasbourg, France (Thomas.Bach@bota-ulp.u-strasbg.fr) .
  • Hans Bohnert, University of Illinois, for chloroplast stress, (bohnerth@life.uiuc.edu),
  • Christoph Benning, Michigan State University, for chloroplast lipids, (benning@msu.edu),
  • Henry Daniell, Central Florida University, for chloroplast transformation (daniell@mail.ucf.edu),
  • Natalia Dudareva, Purdue University, for chloroplast isoprenoids and terpenoids (dudarev@purdue.edu),
  • Kenneth Hoober, Arizona State University, for pigment-protein interactions (khoober@asu.edu),
  • Archie Portis, University of Illinois and USDA, for Rubisco-photosynthesis (arportis@uiuc.edu),
  • Baishnab Tripathy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, for chloroplast tetrapyrroles,(bctripathy@mail.jnu.ac.in),
  • Julian Whitelegge, University of California at Los Angeles, for chloroplast genomics and proteomics (jpw@chem.ucla.edu), and
  • Carole Rebeiz, Secretary-Treasurer, Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research (ccrebeiz@aol.com)

    The Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research Prize, will be awarded to the corresponding author of a selected research paper published during an academic year and dealing with one of the following areas of chloroplast biochemical and molecular biological research:

  • chloroplast tetrapyrroles,
  • chloroplast isoprenoids,
  • chloroplast prenyllipids,
  • chloroplast lipids
  • chloroplast pigment-proteins interactions,
  • chloroplast genomics and proteomics,
  • chloroplast transformation,
  • Rubisco-photosynthesis, and
  • biology of chloroplast stress.

    The Rebeiz Foundation for Basic Research Lifetime Achievement Prize will be awarded to a selected scientist who has made continued outstanding contributions during his or her career to one or more of the nine fields of chloroplast research listed above.

    US and international scientists are eligible to apply. External-nominations and self-nominations are acceptable. A letter explaining the novel and outstanding features of the nominated work should accompany every submission

    The closing date of paper submission for the June 2007 award is December 31, 2006. Papers published or accepted for publication and/or posted on line between January 1 and December 31, 2006 are eligible for consideration. The papers will be evaluated by the President and Board of Directors of the Foundation. Word or PDF copies of published or in-print papers (posted on line) should be submitted, preferably via email, to any Board Director or the President of the Foundation.

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