Biological research is driven by technology. As new instruments and chemistries are conceived and implemented, new frontiers are created and new possibilities emerge. Technology, from the invention of the light microscope to the deciphering of the Human Genome, opens doors into the unknown that would otherwise remain firmly sealed. The ABRF Award recognizes those pioneers responsible for development of these powerful new tools that serve as the foundation of the modern biological research enterprise. The ABRF Award is sponsored this year by Waters and is presented at the annual ABRF meeting.

Awardees

• 2012  Alan Marshall
• 2011  Sir Alec John Jeffreys
• 2010  Patrick Brown
• 2009  Mathias Uhlen
• 2008  Ruedi Abersold
• 2007  Don Hunt
• 2006  Roger Tsien (2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
• 2005  Stephen Fodor
• 2004  Edwin Southern
• 2003  Franz Hillenkamp and Michael Karas
• 2002  John Fenn (2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
• 2001  Csaba Horváth
• 2000  Leroy Hood
• 1999  Marvin Caruthers
• 1998  Bruce Merrifield
• 1997  Lloyd Smith
• 1996  David Lipman
• 1995  Klaus Biemann
• 1994  Frederick Sanger (1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)