Science, Advocacy Leaders to judge Biotech Humanitarian Award.
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BIO announced judges responsible for evaluating nominations for third annual Biotech Humanitarian Award and selecting 2011 Honoree. Award was created by BIO to recognize one everyday hero who has helped to heal, fuel, and feed planet through work in or support of biotechnology. Judges include Dr. David Agus, Dr. Yali Friedman, Jim Greenwood, Dr. Lovell Jones, Rachel King, Robert Klein, Dr. Antonio Moreira, David Rejeski, Dr. Stephen Sherwin, Dr. Ellen Sigal, and H. Thomas Watkins.
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Leaders in Science, Advocacy to Judge 2011 Biotech Humanitarian Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced a distinguished panel of judges who will evaluate nominations for the third annual Biotech Humanitarian Award and select the 2011 Honoree. BIO created the Award to recognize an everyday hero who has helped to heal, fuel and feed the planet through their work in or support of biotechnology. Nominations for the Award will be accepted online through the April 15, 2011 deadline.
"The Biotech Humanitarian Award is an important way that we can recognize a true innovator, who is leading and pushing the field of biotechnology to solve the world's most pressing challenges and improve our everyday lives," said BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood. "I look forward to working with this distinguished panel of judges on the challenge of selecting just one honoree from an impressive group."
The following thought leaders in science, advocacy and media have agreed to serve as judges for the Award:
"Since its inception in 2009, the Biotech Humanitarian Award has honored two exemplary individuals, Dr. Jay Keasling and Robert Klein, who are leading ground-breaking initiatives in biotechnology to heal, fuel and feed the planet. They have set an extremely high standard for the Award and I look forward to working with this well-regarded group of experts to select an Honoree who demonstrates a similarly exemplary dedication to furthering the positive impact of biotech on society," said Stephen A. Sherwin,M.D., BIO Board Chairman.
Klein, who was honored in 2010, for authoring and serving as the Chairman of California's Proposition 71, the $6 billion "California Stem Cell Research and Cures" ballot initiative, joins this year's panel of judges for the Biotech Humanitarian Award. Klein's work supports research with a focus on pluripotent (embryonic) and progenitor stem cell research.
The Biotech Humanitarian Award and the $10,000 prize will be bestowed on the Honoree during the 2011 BIO International Convention, in Washington, DC on June 27-30, 2011.
Nominations can be made until 11:59 pm Eastern on April 15, 2011 via http://biotech-now.org/humanitarian-award-nomination.
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