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Donald M. Bers, University of California, Davis, for his contributions to the field of cellular and molecular biology of excitation contraction and coupling in the heart;

Betty Gaffney, Florida State University, for being in the investigative forefront of spin labeling technology and electron paramagnetic resonance, the structure and dynamics of biological membranes, and the mechanisms of lipoxygenase function;

Robert Jernigan, Baker Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, for his distinguished research and leadership in coarse-grained studies of proteins and their interactions;

Mark T. Nelson, University of Vermont, for his important contributions to explaining complex physiological processes in smooth muscle function; and

Diane Papazian, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, for her contributions to the physiology and biophysics of ion channels and how mutation in such channels are linked to diseases.