Giving to Biochemistry

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Indiana University School of Medicine 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 4053 Indianapolis, IN 46202-5122

Programs

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Please be sure to indicate the account of your choice, including the account number, on your check.

Or, you may contact us if you are interested in setting up a new fund for another purpose.

Your employer may have a matching gift program that could double or even triple the amount of your contribution. Your own generous contribution can have an even greater impact on strengthening the excellence of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at IU School of Medicine.

PEGGY GIBSON AWARD for Best Paper by a Graduate Student
This award was established in memory of the wife of Dr. David M. Gibson, who chaired the Department from 1965 to 1988.

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JACK DAVIS AWARD for Best Seminar by a Graduate Student
This award was developed in memory of Dr. E. Jack Davis, a faculty member of the Department from 1965 to his death in 1993. Throughout his appointment in Biochemistry, Dr. Davis gave a significant number of lectures to graduate and medical student classes as well as speaking at a large number of international scientific meetings. This award was established in his honor to recognize his many lectures on behalf of the department and to encourage our grad students in their progress towards the Ph.D. Degree.

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THE DAVID M. GIBSON AWARD for 1st Place in the SIGMA XI RESEARCH COMPETITION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS in the IU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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BIOCHEMISTRY POSTER AWARDS
As part of Biochemistry's Research Retreat Day, we encourage grad students, post-docs, and faculty to display posters and discusss their newest "hot off the press" works. We also provide four $100 prizes to the top posters amoong the students and post-docs; faculty are not eligible. An anonymous group of pre-selected faculty judges from other departments serve as the poster committee which views and sicsusses the works with the presenters. At the end of the poster session the judges decide on the top four posters. The winners are announced at the Awards ceremony immediately following the poster session.

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ROBERT A. HARRIS OUTSTANDING MENTOR AWARD
The graduate students developed this award to recognize and honor the efforts of a faculty mentor who provided outstanding support during the academic year. It is named for Dr. Robert A. Harris, who chaired the Department from 1988 until 2004. The students vote on the award which is presented during at the awards ceremony at the close of the Biochemistry Research Retreat Day.

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THE EDWIN T. HARPER MSMS MCAT AWARD
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana university School of Medicine established the MCAT Incentive Prize following the retirement of Dr. Edwin T. Harper. It honors Dr. Harper for the many contribtuions he made to the Master of Science in Medical Sciene (MSMS) Program. The MCAT Incentive Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in the form of a cash prize for every first year MSMS student whose score increases by at least 7 points following the summer MCAT Preparation Program. This program serves as the cornerstone of the MSMS experience, permitting students to develop skills and habits that carry over into other endeavors and serving them well for life. The challenge of mastering the MCAT provides the first opportunity in the MSMS program for personal transformation that will lead to medical school admission and success in a medical career.

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THE BOWMAN PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
This award was named for Donald Bowman, Ph.D., first chair of the Department of Biochemistry in the IU School of Medicine at Indianapolis. This prize recognizes excellence in research in biochemistry by a post-doctoral fellow at the IU School of Medicine. Bowman Award competitions have been held since 1981.

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