ASCB and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of early career researchers through the 2025 Paper of the Year Awards and MBoC Early Career Awards.
Selected by the MBoC Editorial Board, these honors celebrate the creativity, rigor, and impact of graduate students and postdocs whose research advances our understanding of cell biology. From uncovering the mechanics of intracellular organization to revealing new principles of cellular regulation, these awardees exemplify the innovative spirit driving discovery in the life sciences.
We are delighted to congratulate the 2025 awardees and highlight their remarkable contributions to the field.
MBoC Paper of the Year Awards
Vincent Boudreau and Ashley R. Albright, University of California, San Francisco
For the article: The cell biology and genome of Stentor Pyriformis, a giant cell that embeds symbiotic algae in a microtubule meshwork
Allison Langley, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
For the article: Movement of the endoplasmic reticulum is driven by multiple classes of vesicles marked by Rab-GTPases
MBoC 2025 Early Career Awards
Janka Zsok, ETHZ
For the article: Nuclear basket proteins regulate the distribution and mobility of nuclear pore complexes in budding yeast
Pankti Vaishnav, University of Cambridge
For the article: Membrane composition and curvature in SNX9-mediated actin polymerization
Xiang Deng, Harvard Medical School
Dinghuan Deng, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
For the article: Quantitative profiling pH heterogeneity of acidic endolysosomal compartments using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Cátia Carvalho and Matilde Moreira, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
For the article: ZYG-12/Hook’s dual role as a dynein adaptor for early endosomes and nuclei is regulated by alternative splicing of its cargo binding domain
Maik Bischoff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
For the article: A large reverse-genetic screen identifies numerous regulators of testis nascent myotube collective cell migration and collective organ sculpting
Zie Craig, University of Micigan
For the article: Anillin tunes contractility and regulates barrier function during Rho flare–mediated tight junction remodeling
Vasileios Rafail Ouzounidis, University of Edinburgh
For the article: The outer kinetochore components KNL-1 and Ndc80 complex regulate axon and neuronal cell body positioning in the C. elegans nervous system
Amy R. Strom, Princeton University
For the article: Interplay of condensation and chromatin binding underlies BRD4 targeting
Alicia R. Lane, Emory University
For the article: Adaptive protein synthesis in genetic models of copper deficiency and childhood neurodegeneration
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