ABRF Award for Transformative Contributions to Shared Research Resources

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ABRF Award for Transformative Contributions to Shared Research Resources

ABRF Award for Transformative Contributions to Shared Research Resources

ABRF Award for Transformative Contributions to Shared Research Resources

This award honors visionary and innovative scientists and administrators who have created transformative contributions that add to their field of science and dramatically impacts Shared Research Resources.

The ABRF Award Committee invites nominations for the Award. If you know scientists or administrators whose innovative technologies and methodologies have significantly advanced research related to shared research resources, this is your moment to recognize them.

The ABRF Award is presented at the ABRF Annual Meeting.

2025 Awardee

John R. Yates, PhD, Ernest W. Hahn Professor in the Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 ABRF Award.

Dr. John R. Yates, Ernest W. Hahn Professor at The Scripps Research Institute, is a globally recognized leader in proteomics and analytical chemistry. He is best known for developing the SEQUEST algorithm, which revolutionized protein identification from mass spectrometry data, and for pioneering the shotgun proteomics technique that transformed the analysis of complex protein mixtures. His innovations have enabled countless advances in biomedical research and are widely used in shared research facilities around the world.

Dr. Yates will accept the Award at the ABRF 2026 Annual Meeting, March 28-31, in Pittsburgh, PA.

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John R. Yates, PhD

Ernest W. Hahn Professor in the Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology at The Scripps Research Institute

2024 Awardee

Deamer was presented the ABRF Award on Monday, March 24, at the ABRF Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Deamer received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Duke University in 1961, and PhD in Physiological Chemistry at the Ohio State University School of Medicine, 1965. Over his scientific career, Deamer has focused on biological and synthetic membranes.

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Dave Deamer

David Deamer, PhD

Research Professor of Biomolecular Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz

2023 Awardee

The ABRF Award was presented on April 23, 2024 to Barbara Alving, former director of the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Research Resources.  Her presentation, The Ongoing Evolution of Biomedical Resource Facilities:  Building Networks from Patchworks, highlighted the rich collaborations among universities with respect to sharing core resources, both within and across university structures.

ABRF Award Winner

Barbara Alving, M.D.

Professor of Medicine , USUHS

2022 Awardees

The ABRF Award was presented to Drs. Christie Enke and Richard Yost in recognition of their development of the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and the tremendous impact triple quads have made for a wide range of biomedical research applications.

Christie G. Enke Headshot

Christie G. Enke, PhD

Professor Emeritus Professor
The University of New Mexico
Richard A. Yost Headshot

Richard A. Yost, PhD

Professor University of Florida

ABRF Award Recipients