Wilson Award Research Articles

Peter Satir (1936–2022), cell biology pioneer and mentor

Peter Satir (1936–2022), cell biology pioneer and mentor

Memories of Alan Edward Beck (1928–2020)

This is article providing a brief description of the life and scientific achievements of Alan Edward Beck, emeritus Professor of Western University. He was born in England on January 27, 1928 and passed away on December 1st, 2020 at his home in London (Ontario), Canada. He will be remembered not only for his significant contributions in Geophysics but also his active participation in activities of the International Heat Flow Commission- IHFC. In 1958 he was a founding faculty member of the Department of Geophysics of the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Shortly thereafter became Acting Head (1961), and then Head (1963) of the Department of Geophysics. He was a founding member of the International Heat Flow Commission, Vice Chairman for the period of 1979 to 1983 and then Chairman during 1983 to 1987. He retired in 1993 but continued to be active with participation in several international organizations. Beck was honored with the J. Tuzo Wilson Award of the Canadian Geophysical Union in 1993.

Moving toward molecular mechanisms for chemotaxis in eukaryotic cells.

It is a tremendous honor to receive the 2019 E.B. Wilson Award and be recognized for my work on chemotaxis in eukaryotic cells. In writing this essay, I hope to achieve three aims: 1) to tell the story of how people in my group made discoveries over the years; 2) to outline key principles we have learned about chemotaxis; and 3) to point to the most important outstanding questions.

Metaphors for a Change: A Conversation about Images of Music Education and Social Change

Research Article| July 01 2019 Metaphors for a Change: A Conversation about Images of Music Education and Social Change Estelle R. Jorgensen; Estelle R. Jorgensen Estelle Jorgensen is professor emerita of music (music education) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and contributing faculty member at the Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership, Walden University. She is the editor of the Philosophy of Music Education Review and author of several books in the philosophy and practice of music education and numerous articles in leading music-education journals internationally. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Iris M. Yob Iris M. Yob Iris M. Yob, emerita faculty, Walden University, has research interests in higher education, philosophy of education, music and arts education, and spiritual education. She has received numerous awards, including the David O. Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, which funds her current research project exploring the role of the university in the community, especially in promoting the common good. Originally from Australia, she currently lives in Massachusetts. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Aesthetic Education (2019) 53 (2): 19–39. https://doi.org/10.5406/jaesteduc.53.2.0019 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Estelle R. Jorgensen, Iris M. Yob; Metaphors for a Change: A Conversation about Images of Music Education and Social Change. Journal of Aesthetic Education 1 January 2019; 53 (2): 19–39. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jaesteduc.53.2.0019 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Aesthetic Education Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy: Richard J. Saykally

E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy: Richard J. Saykally

E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy: David J. Nesbitt

NATIONAL AWARDS E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy: David J. Nesbitt ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2017, 95 (1), pp 46–50January 2, 2017Cite this:C&EN 95, 1, 46-50David J. Nesbitt (Credit: Courtesy of David Nesbitt)Figure1of1Sponsor: ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Citation: For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of molecular structures and reaction dynamics by high resolution and single-particle spectroscopic methods. Current position: physicist and fellow, National Institute of Standards & Technology; professor of chemistry, biochemistry, and physics, University of Colorado; fellow, Joint Institute for Lab Astrophysics Education: B.A., chemistry and physics, Harvard University; Ph.D., chemical physics, University of Colorado Nesbitt on what he hopes to accomplish in the next decade: “I’m just so very grateful that I’ve been able to explore many directions and enjoy doing cool chemical physics/biophysics with my group. The amazing thing is that they even pay me to do it! But if there is a challenge for me in the next decade, it would be to help students of the next generation grow up with sufficient understanding of basic scientific concepts to make reasoned decisions as U.S. citizens. This will likely require pitching in a hand with science education policy at the national level.” What his colleagues say: “David is unquestionably one of the world’s most prominent molecular spectroscopists. The impact of his work is amplified by his gift for presenting science to the community and the public. The quality of David’s publications is astonishing; many of his papers represent beautiful examples of scientific writing, with clearly defined motivations, masterfully done figures, and clear results. His oral presentations at meetings and seminars are also outstanding; he is one of those people who can ignite the audience with his talk.”—Sergey Nizkorodov, University of California, Irvine

The 2017 IBS MacArthur & Wilson Award

Announcements frontiers of biogeography 8.2, e31470, 2016 The 2017 MacArthur and Wilson Award The International Biogeography Society Board is pleased to announce that the MacArthur and Wilson Award will be presented to Dr. Jessica Blois at the society’s 8 th biennial meeting in Tucson, Arizona, USA (January 9-13, 2017). This award – named in honor of Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson - is spon- sored by Frontiers of Biogeography and was created to recognize an outstanding, compara- tively early career scientist that has made nota- ble, innovative contributions to the discipline of biogeography. Dr. Blois is one of the top researchers in the new generation of scientists working at the intersection of biogeography and paleoecology. Her research integrates neo-and paleo- ecological approaches to understand the abiot- ic and biotic processes that control the pat- terns of species distributions and diversity through space and time. Dr. Blois blends deep expertise in community ecology and paleoecol- ogy with creative research design, field and laboratory work, and rigorous statistical analy- sis and modeling to advance our understanding of species and ecosystem responses to large and rapid environmental changes. In a series of groundbreaking papers, Dr. Blois’ innovative work has demonstrated key mechanisms and outcomes of climate change, species interac- tions, and biodiversity dynamics over millennia. Her use of state-of-the-art statistical tools and datasets has provided the community with new paths forward for tackling challenging diverse problems in an era of rapid global change. The IBS Board notes with thanks, the work of the MacArthur and Wilson Award Com- mittee: Carl Beierkuhnlein, David Currie, Jona- than Price, Jack Williams and Vicki Funk (chair). International Biogeography Society Board frontiers of biogeography, ISSN 1948-6596 — © 2016 the authors; journal compilation © 2016 The International Biogeography Society

Teachers’ Attitude towards and Actual Use of Gamification

This work was supported by Laureate International Universities through the David A. Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning under Grant LIU-WIL2015.

An unconventional route to becoming a cell biologist.

I am honored to be the E. B. Wilson Award recipient for 2015. As we know, it was E. B. Wilson who popularized the concept of a “stem cell” in his book The Cell in Development and Inheritance (1896, London: Macmillan & Co.). Given that stem cell research is my field and that E. B. Wilson is so revered within the cell biology community, I am a bit humbled by how long it took me to truly grasp his vision and imaginative thinking. I appreciate it deeply now, and on this meaningful occasion, I will sketch my rather circuitous road to cell biology.

The 2015 IBS MacArthur & Wilson Award

Announcements ISSN 1948-6596 The 2015 IBS MacArthur & Wilson Award The International Biogeography Society Board is pleased to announce that the MacArthur & Wilson Award will be presented to Dr. Daniel L. Rabosky at the society’s biennial meeting in Bayreuth, Ger- many, happening from 8 th to 12 th of January 2015. This award, which is sponsored by Frontiers of Bio- geography, was created to recognize an out- standing early-career scientist that has made in- novative, substantive, broad and important contri- butions to the discipline of biogeography and is named in honor of Robert H. MacArthur and Ed- ward O. Wilson. Daniel Rabosky received his PhD from Cor- nell University in 2009, completed a post-doctoral position at the University of California Berkeley, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Uni- versity of Michigan. Interested in evolutionary diversification, ranging from the role of ecological interactions in the speciation process to factors that determine the fates of clades over epochal timescales, Daniel was nominated by IBS members for his work involving both comparative analyses of diversification as well as the development of analytical tools for hypothesis testing. His work is published in the highest-profile scientific journals, such as Systematic Biology, PNAS, Trends in Ecol- ogy and Evolution, Nature, and Science. A fuller account of his work will be featured in a future edition of Frontiers, following the presentation of this award at the upcoming biennial conference. The following four papers were submitted by his nominators to represent the broad range of his outstanding contributions to biogeography: Rabosky, D.L. (2009) Ecological limits on clade diversification in higher taxa. American Naturalist, 173, 662-674. Rabosky, D.L. (2009) Diversity dynamics of marine planktonic diatoms across the Cenozoic. Nature, 457, 183-186. Rabosky, D.L. (2010) Equilibrium speciation dynamics in a model adaptive radiation of island lizards. Proceed- ings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 51, 22178-22183. Rabosky, D.L. (2013) Diversity-dependence, ecological speci- ation, and the role of competition in macroevolution. Annual Review of Evolution, Ecology, and Systemat- ics, 44, 481-502. The IBS Board notes with thanks the work of the MacArthur & Wilson Award Committee: Miguel B. Araujo, Christy M. McCain, Robert E. Ricklefs, Brett R. Riddle (chair) Brett R. Riddle School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Ve- gas, USA Chair of the 2015 IBS MacArthur & Wilson Award Com- mittee To post jobs, advertisements, or other announcements please contact the Frontiers of Biogeography editoral office (frontiersofbiogeography@googlemail.com). Advertisements are $50 per quarter page for professional or institutional positions. Announcements are free to members for vacancies in their lab. All advertisements and announcements also appear at no additional cost on the IBS facebook pa- ge (in abbreviated form) and on the IBS Blog (in long, or longer form). frontiers of biogeography 6.2 2014 — © 2014 the authors; journal compilation © 2014 The International Biogeography Society

The Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society

Announcements ISSN 1948-6596 The Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Biogeog- raphy Society Hosted by the University of Bayreuth (Germany), 8 th to 12 th January, 2015 The biennial conferences of the IBS are a show- case of biogeography writ large, from well- established themes of the history of evolutionary clades and the assembly of biota into regions, to the response of taxa to changing environments and how those responses can inform us on the future of biodiversity. The symposia presentations at the upcoming conference in Bayreuth will showcase the work of leading biogeographers on topics that span a range of sub-themes but should be of broad appeal to any well-rounded bio- geographer. The four half-day symposia will ad- dress 1) how pre-Quaternary fossil data can illumi- nate modern biogeographic patterns or processes, 2) how the more recent climate history can help address still poorly constrained aspects of climate- change biogeography such as adaptation, migra- tion, and extinction, 3) how advances in remote sensing are revolutionizing measuring spatial pat- tern and change over time, and 4) how functional ecology and biogeography can be linked to pro- vide a deeper mechanistic understanding of the causes and consequences of changing biodiver- sity. Additional keynote lectures will be delivered by Daniel Simberloff for the Alfred Russel Wallace Award and by Daniel Rabosky for the MacArthur & Wilson Award. Details on these symposia and award lectures, and a wide variety of information on the conference, can be found at the confer- ence web page at http://www.bayceer.uni- bayreuth.de/ibs2015/. The meeting in Bayreuth will provide excel- lent opportunities to showcase your work. Com- pared to previous conferences, there will be slightly increased capacity for contributed talks with no more than four concurrent sessions. Also, each of the two evening poster sessions will be enhanced by an initial hour of one-minute “lightning talks” in which posters can be high- lighted in a rapid-fire style. Registration is open and the abstract submission deadline is the 10 th of October. Workshops and excursions are planned for before and after the packed three days of presen- tations. Examples of workshops include a full-day workshop addressing how IBS and biogeographers in general can contribute to the Intergovernmen- tal Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and another full-day workshop on cutting-edge methods in species distribution modeling. Excur- sions will include characteristic landscapes of Cen- tral Europe such as the montane forests in the granitic Fichtelgebirge and the Jurassic karst for- mations in the Frankische Schweiz. Special regard is given to the fact that the ecosystems and their biodiversity are reflecting the long-term human impact and cultural influences. One excursion will visit locations where Alexander von Humboldt worked at the end of the 18 th century during five years as a director of mining for the Prussian ad- ministration. Please see the conference web page for details on the workshops and field trips. The hosting University of Bayreuth, founded in the 1970s, has a special focus on ecology and environmental science. Study programs to include global change ecology, biodiversity and ecology, and geoecology (see http://www.en.uni- bayreuth.de/home/index.html). In research, bio- geographical modelling, experiments and field research are addressed. The Ecological-Botanical frontiers of biogeography 6.2 2014 — © 2014 the authors; journal compilation © 2014 The International Biogeography Society

G. Terence Wilson: Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

The APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology is presented to a person who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, has made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. The 2014 recipient is G. Terence Wilson, who received the award for "his outstanding contributions to the nature and theory of behavior therapy." Wilson's award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.

Evaluating an index together: Heartland Chapter workshop, 11 May 2013

In her ‘Reflections on the Wilson Award judging for 2012’ in the June 2013 issue of The Indexer Margie Towery (Wilson Award Committee chair in 2012) commented that not many indexers knew how to eva...

ASI/EBSCO Publishing Award (formerly ASI/H.W. Wilson Award)

ASI/EBSCO Publishing Award (formerly ASI/H.W. Wilson Award)

An enduring enthusiasm for academic science, but with concerns

I turned 70 this year and started graduate school shortly after turning 20. Thus, at this writing, I have spent 71.3% of my life in academic science. I have no regrets and hope to continue for years to come, because I remain an unabashed enthusiast for both the research and education components of this profession. The high honor of the E. B. Wilson Medal and the accompanying request to write this essay give me an opportunity to reflect on why this is so, as well as on my concerns about the fouling of the nest that has made it harder for any of us—but particularly for younger people—to enjoy academic science as I have over the past 50 years. My enthusiasm should not be misunderstood as naivete. I well understand that not every aspect of the job is fun; some tasks are inevitably tedious or even painful. It hasn't always been easy for me personally; like most people, I struggle with my own limitations, notably an incurable perfectionism and the frequently linked traits of avoidance and procrastination, which have often made it difficult for me to finish papers and other tasks. I have had papers and grants rejected and seemingly great ideas that turned out to be lousy when actually tested. As a graduate student, postdoc on two continents, faculty member at three universities, and dean for graduate students and postdocs, I have seen plenty of nasty stuff: subcompetent people obstructing progress at all levels; arrogance and self-centered insensitivity to the feelings of others; exploitation of students and postdocs by faculty; dishonesty ranging from exaggerated claims and the concealment of inconvenient data to gross fabrication; pointless and demeaning squabbles about priority and authorship; abuse of the still-critical tenure system; inappropriate behavior by editors and reviewers; and behavior driven by lust for power, money, and fame rather than by any desire to understand nature and (perhaps) improve human well-being in the process. And, in recent decades, I have seen the environment in which science is done erode in ways that I deplore. Nonetheless, I still feel that doing science is fundamentally Good (even noble) and that universities are wonderful places. I still look forward (almost) every day to going to the lab, and I have liked (to various degrees) almost every scientist I have known over a long career. How can this be? My attempt at explanation follows.

Reflections on the Wilson Award judging for 2012

Reflections on the Wilson Award judging for 2012

Conference program and abstracts. International Biogeography Society 6th Biennial Meeting – 9-13 January 2013, Miami, Florida, USA

Proceedings of the Sixth biennial conference of the International Biogeography Society, an international and interdisciplinary society contributing to the advancement of all studies of the geography of nature. Held at Miami, Florida, USA, 9 – 13 January 2013.Abstracts include:(i) the Opening, MacArthur & Wilson Award and Alfred Russel Award Plenary Lectures;(ii) four symposia entitled "Island Biogeography: New Syntheses", "Beyond Bergmann: New perspectives on the biogeography of traits", "The Convergence of Conservation Paleontology and Biogeography" and "Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job?";(iii) oral presentations from contributed papers on Phylogeography, Marine Biogeography, Biogeography of the Anthropocene, Hot Topics in biogeography, Island Biogeography, Neotropical Biogeography, Global Change Biogeography, Historical and Paleo-biogeography, Conservation Biogeography and Global-Scale Biogeography; and(iv) contributions presented as posters on Phylogeography, Geospatial techniques and land cover, Biodiversity gradients and macroecology, Biogeography of traits, Island Biogeography, Neotropical Biogeography, Conservation Biogeography, Disturbance and Disease Biogeography, Climate Change Biogeography and Historical and Paleo-Biogeography.

From the society: Plan now for the Miami 2013 conference

membership corner ISSN 1948‐6596 from the society Plan now for the Miami 2013 conference Registration is now open for the 6 th Biennial Con‐ ference of the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in Miami, Florida on 9‐13 January, 2013 1 . Lo‐ cated at the Kovens Conference Center at the Bis‐ cayne Bay campus of Florida International Univer‐ sity, we are preparing for what we hope will be the largest conference of the IBS. With the bulk of the planning now complete, we wish to share our excitement about the conference’s agenda, loca‐ tion, and associated activities. Highlighting the meeting will be the keynote address by the Alfred Russel Wallace Award win‐ ner, James H. Brown. Jim was the first President of the IBS. Jim also received a Lifetime Honorary Membership from the society in early 2012. The society will be presenting its new award, the Mac‐ Arthur & Wilson Award, to Miguel Araujo (see Frontiers of Biogeography 4.2 for short biogra‐ phies of the award winners). The plenary sympo‐ sia will span the gamut of subfields in biogeogra‐ phy across temporal scales, from paleontology to projected impacts of climate change and across taxonomic scales, from a focus on functional traits to entire biotas. In addition, this year we will dou‐ ble the number of contributed oral presentations, with four concurrent sessions on the third day of the conference. Posters will be highly visible, located in a long gallery and adjoining rooms running through the conference center. Posters will be organized thematically and two long poster‐viewing times per day will provide plenty of time for interaction. To facilitate attendance at posters, we are explor‐ ing a means by which poster presenters can invite conference attendees to their poster. At some point after registration closes, poster presenters will be able to view a list of all attendees and in‐ vite up to five people to their poster. The system will prevent any one person from receiving more than five invitations. Although this remains a ten‐ tative plan, we have witnessed its success at the 2013 Evolution meeting in Ottawa and we think it has great promise to enhance the IBS conference. January is peak tourist season in Miami. The conference hotel, the Newport Beachside Re‐ sort, is literally on the beach in the city of Sunny Isles Beach. Located halfway between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, the row of hotels has the official slogan of “Florida’s Riviera”. The hotel will be hosting the conference banquet and auction on the beach. During your time off, you can get about easily within the city using a free shuttle service within Sunny Isles Beach. We have ar‐ ranged competitive pricing at the conference ho‐ tel, with one price that covers breakfasts, a shut‐ tle for transportation to the meeting location, and taxes. Please see the conference “Travel & Ac‐ commodation” web page for important informa‐ tion on booking your room. The slate of field trips and workshops is also impressive. The field trips, which will be run both pre‐ and post‐conference, will focus on the nature of the greater Everglades National Park and nearby coastal habitats. In addition, one field trip tours the world‐class Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden. Please see the conference web site 1 for more information. Prior to the main meeting, we will offer five optional workshops, which will provide unique opportunities for training and professional growth. The “Biogeography of Stress” workshop will involve presentations and discussions on the geographic patterns and processes impacting stress, disease susceptibility, and genetic diversity in natural populations. Another half‐day work‐ shop will be a presentation and discussion of “Bayesian Statistical Analysis” with applications in ecology and biogeography. The full‐day “Biodiversity Informatics Tools” workshop will ad‐ dress how to tackle both conceptual and practical issues in dealing with massive quantities of bio‐ geographic data. Lastly, there are two workshops involving writing and presenting your research. The “Communicating Biogeography” workshop 1. Full details are available at http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/ © 2012 the authors; journal compilation © 2012 The International Biogeography Society — frontiers of biogeography 4.3, 2012

From the society: Announcement: The MacArthur & Wilson Award

membership corner ISSN 1948‐6596 from the society Announcement: The MacArthur & Wilson Award The Board of Directors of the International Bio‐ geography Society is pleased to announce that this award will be presented to Miguel Bastos Araujo at the society’s biennial meeting in Miami, Florida, 10‐12 January 2013. The award, which is sponsored by Frontiers of Biogeography, is being made for the first time at the Miami meeting. It recognizes an early‐career individual (or alterna‐ tively a pair of collaborators) for a notable, inno‐ vative contribution to biogeography and is named in honor of Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson. Miguel Araujo was nominated by two groups of IBS members for his work, with a wide range of collaborators globally, on the impacts of global change on species distributions and for his contribution to the conservation science litera‐ ture. A fuller account of his work will feature in a future edition of Frontiers following the presenta‐ tion of the award. The Board notes with thanks the work of the MacArthur & Wilson Award committee: Pauline Ladiges, Christine Maggs, Albert Philli‐ more, Robert E. Ricklefs, Brett R. Riddle, Robert J. Whittaker (chair). Robert J. Whittaker 1 and George C. Stevens 2 Miguel Araujo at the Natural History Museum of Madrid, where he works. Picture by Bruno Rascao. IBS Past President, Chair of the MacArthur & Wilson Award. robert.whittaker@ouce.ox.ac.uk IBS Vice President for Development and Awards. georgecstevens@hotmail.com Did you know? The International Biogeography Society makes three awards: the Alfred Russel Wallace Award for lifetime achievement in biogeography research, the new MacArthur‐Wilson Award for achievement by a young investigator in biogeography, and Honorary Lifetime Mem‐ bership, which is given on the occasion of a special anniversary or event involving a prominent biogeographer. All IBS members are eligible and encouraged to nominate deserving biogeogra‐ phers who may, or may not, currently be members of the society themselves. For more informa‐ tion about the awards, see http://www.biogeography.org/html/About%20IBS/awards.html © 2012 the authors; journal compilation © 2012 The International Biogeography Society — frontiers of biogeography 4.2, 2012

From the society: Announcement: The MacArthur & Wilson Award

from the society: Announcement: The MacArthur & Wilson Award