Arabidopsis Community Awards

NAASC Community Awards Recipients

Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement

2026- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Caroline Dean, John Innes Cenre, UK

  2. Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth University, USA

  3. Julian Schroeder, University of California, San Diego, USA

2025- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Mark Estelle, UC San Diego, USA, Recording

  2. Maarten Koornneef, Retired, The Netherlands, Recording

  3. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Inst. Biology, Germany, Recording

2024- Publicity, Recording

  1. Joanne Chory, Salk Institute, USA

  2. Jeff Dangl, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

  3. Joe Ecker, Salk Institute, USA

  4. Elliot Meyerowitz, Caltech Institute, USA

  5. Chris Somerville, Retired, USA

Arabidopsis Community Impact

2026- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Sterling Field, BASF, USA (Early Career)

  2. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, Leeds University, UK (Later Career)

  3. Mary Williams, ASPB, UK (Later Career)

2025- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Jade Bleau, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK (Early Career), Recording

  2. José Dinneny, Stanford, USA (Later Career), Recording

  3. Joanna Friesner, NAASC, USA (Later Career), Recording

2024- Publicity, Recordings below

Awarded for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in the Arabidopsis Community

  1. Román Ramos Báez, University of Chicago, USA (Early Career), Recording

  2. Imani Madison, North Carolina State University, USA (Early Career), Recording

  3. Terri Long, North Carolina State University, USA (Later Career), Recording

  4. Beronda Montgomery, Grinnell College, USA (Later Career), Talk not given

Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge

2026- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Tanya Berardini, TAIR/Phoenix Bioinformatics, USA (Later Career)

  2. Daphne Ezer, University of York, UK (Later Career)

  3. Courtney Price, The Ohio State, USA (Later Career)

2025- Publicity, Full Recording, Q&A

  1. Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, The Salk Institute, USA (Early Career), Recording

  2. Dawn Nagel, UC Riverside, USA (Later Career), Recording

  3. Nicholas Provart, University of Toronto, Canada (Later Career), Recording

  4. Anna Stepanova, North Carolina State University, USA (Later Career), Recording

2024- Publicity, Recordings below

  1. Molly Edwards, Science In Real Life, USA (Early Career), Recording

  2. Alison Crowe, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (Later Career), Recording