The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Lubert Stryer
Title:
Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Emeritus
Affiliation:
Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine
Fairchild Building, D221
Stanford,California 94305 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Biological Sciences
Award Year:
2006
Citation:
"For his pioneering application of fluorescence spectroscopy, and particularly fluorescence resonance energy transfer, to the analysis of biological macromolecules; he elucidated the biochemical basis of signal amplification in vision and pioneered the development of high density micro-arrays for genetic analysis ("gene chips"). His influential biochemistry textbook has influenced and inspired millions of students."
Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.