Marian Kies Memorial Award for 2003
Dr. Heather Duffy
Dr.
Heather Duffy
Dr.
Heather Duffy
The 2003 Marian Kies recipient, Dr. Heather Duffy, has done outstanding and ele-gant work in the field of gap junction biology. She is one of few scientists who have combined classic neurochemical approaches and high resolution imaging techniques to study the intermolecular interactions in connexins, the proteins that form gap junction channels. Her exciting results have had a tremendous impact on our understanding how the 3 dim structure of the proteins that make up gap junc-tion channels relate to their crucial function in the nervous system and throughout the body.
Heather has been actively involved at scientific meetings, has received several travel awards, and has organized and chaired several symposia. Heather has also dedicated much of her energy towards educating and mentoring young students interested in science. She is actively involved in the National American Indian Science and Engineering Society and was a coordinator for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Women in Science Symposium series.
Heather's high impact research efforts, together with active involvement in the scientific community and experience as an educator has made it an honor for the committee to select her as this year's recipient.
Dr. Karen Chandross, Chair of the Marian Kies Memorial Award Committee.