Award established in 2025
2025 winner of the EBSA-NanoTemper Prize: Daniel Mueller, Switzerland
The prize was presented during the 15th European Biophysics Congress held 30th June – 4th July 2025 in Rome, Italy.
“For his innovative development of nanoscale biophysical methods and their application to uncovering fundamental biological processes”
Title of presentation at EBSA2025:
Mechanically Imaging, Quantifying, and Guiding Biological Systems
NanoTemper Technologies has established a biennial award to be given by EBSA. The award will be presented at the upcoming EBSA Congress to an investigator for outstanding contributions to the advancement of biophysical methods and their applications in the analysis and characterisation of interacting biological nanosystems. The winner receives an honorarium of 5,000 Euros and a medal, and will present a lecture at the Congress. Under normal conditions, it is a condition of being awarded the Prize, that the Awardee attends the congress in the year that the Prize is awarded. Free registration for the congress, and two nights’ accommodation only will be provided.
Eligibility
- The nominee will be expected to have made important and well-recognized contributions to the advancement of biophysical methods and their applications in the analysis and characterisation of interacting biological nanosystems.
- The nominee may not nominate themselves.
- The nominee must be a member of an EBSA adherent member Society that is in good standing.
- The nominee may be of any nationality or academic rank, and may be affiliated with non-academic institutions provided that the work for which they are to be acknowledged has been published in a recognized scholarly journal, and they are resident in Europe in the year of nomination.
- The nominator must submit completed nomination forms and the required documents.
Nominations packets must include the following
- Completed Award Nomination Form.
- Letter (no more than 2 pages) supporting the candidacy of the nominee, and highlighting specific publications deemed representative or especially worthy of recognition.
- Letter from the nominee accepting the nomination, and a commitment (excepting exceptional extenuating circumstances) to present a lecture at the EBSA congress at which the award is made. Additionally, a review article for the European Biophysics Journal is desired, submitted within 3 months of the award being made known the recipient.
- Two supporting letters from other members of an EBSA Member Society.
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae.
The nomination packet, in PDF format, should be emailed to the current EBSA Secretary: John Seddon.
Nominations for EBSA 2025 are no longer being accepted.
An invitation to submit nominations for prizes to be awarded at the EBSA2027 congress will be sent out in 2026. This page will be updated with the relevant information and specific details of how to submit nominations.