Awards and Personalia
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Ainsworth Medal: Pedro W. Crous The Ainsworth Medal is awarded to an individual for recognition of extraordinary service to world mycology.
Pedro W. Crous is Director of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WFBI), formerly the Centraalbureau voor
Schimmelcultures (CBS), Utrecht, The Netherlands. He is an exceptional promoter of mycology worldwide, especially known through his outstanding research in plant pathology and fungal systematics, and mentoring record. He has done remarkable work to foster global mycology through his leadership, elevating the status of WFBI to a global leader in mycology. Under Pedro’s leadership WFBI has been reborn and developed MycoBank, the essential taxonomic database for fungi. He also
revitalized the International Mycological Association with the launching of IMA Fungus; and revitalized two other journals, Studies in Mycology (IF 13.2) and Persoonia (IF 5.3). In addition to his leadership in promoting mycology worldwide, his 600+ publications have had a profound impact in mycology, mostly through combining morphological and molecular characters with extensive sampling, resulting in a lasting contribution to fungal taxonomy.
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De Bary Medals: Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia and John W. Taylor The de Bary medal is awarded to an individual who made outstanding, career contributions to mycological research. Pathology, University of California Riverside. He has fostered scientific collaborations between the USA and Mexico.
Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia is known for his contributions to fungal biochemistry and fungal cell structures, as well as theoretical biology. For over 40 years he was studying fungal cell walls and their biosynthesis/ function, how fungal hyphae grow and how they regulate morphogenesis. He has mentored and influenced many students, postdoctoral associates, visiting scientists, and colleagues in several departments besides his home Department of Plant
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John W. Taylor is well-known for his pioneering work on the use of PCR and other molecular methods for the study of fungal biology. His laboratory in University of California Berkeley has focused on the evolution of fungi, including fungal phylogenetic relationships, the timing of deep fungal divergences, species recognition, speciation, ecology, and the maintenance of species. He was an early advocate of promoting fungal models in his work on Neurospora and Coccidioides, and has aimed to understand the process of selection and adaptation in fungi. His pioneering work has been published in a variety of journals, including some high impact journals. Among his many honours and awards are the Lucille Georg Medal of the International
Association of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), the Rhoda Benham Medal of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas, and the Alexopoulos and Distinguished Mycologist Awards of the Mycological Society of America. John retired this year.
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