For Immediate Release

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Katie Engen katie@aspb.org / 301.251.0560 ext 116

Samuel C. Zeeman Wins 2007 Shull Award from American Society of Plant Biologists
Rockville, MD. (August 28, 2007) - The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipient of its 2007 Charles Albert Shull Award. This award was presented at the society's annual meeting that was held jointly with the Botanical Society of America as well as the American Fern Society and the American Society of Plant Taxonomists July 7-11, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.
Created in 1971 to honor the Society's founding father and the first editor-in-chief of Plant Physiology, this award is designed to recognize young researchers. It is a monetary award made annually and is given for outstanding investigations in the field of plant biology by a scientist who is under 40 years of age on January 1 of the year of presentation, or who is fewer than 10 years from the granting of the doctoral degree. The recipient is invited to address the Society at the annual meeting the following year.
The 2007 winner is Samuel C. Zeeman, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, for pioneering research leading to the discovery of new proteins and pathways in starch synthesis and degradation in leaves. This is a topic that is of broad interest to plant biologists and also has relevance to food processing and human health and nutrition. Full descriptions of the winner's work along with a photo can be found at www.aspb.org.
Founded in 1924, ASPB (formerly known as the American Society of Plant Physiologists), is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. This professional society has a membership of approximately 5,000 plant scientists from the United States and more than 50 other nations. ASPB publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals in the world, Plant Cell and Plant Physiology.