In 2017, the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium –IMPC introduced the IMPC Award of Excellence to recognize outstanding contributions from scientists in the IMPC consortium that exemplify exceptional service to the IMPC program.
Originally awarding the prize to one scientist annually, a total of three awards were introduced in 2019. In circumstances where there is a tie in voting, a fourth award may be given.
In 2022 the Awards were renamed to “The Steve Brown IMPC Awards of Excellence” in recognition of Professor Brown’s decade-long chairmanship, dedication and leadership to the IMPC.
So far, a total of fifteen scientists from three continents have been presented with this award in recognition of their work and commitment towards the IMPC goals and aspirations. Their names are presented below.
The IMPC will continue to recognize the dedication and enthusiasm of scholars for the future excellence awards!
| Year | Award Winner(s) and Affiliation at time of award |
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2017
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Professor Glauco Tocchini-Valentini
Director Instituto di Biologia cellulare del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Coordinator Campus “Buzzati Traverso” di Monterotondo, Coordinator European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA)1 |
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2018
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Professor Steve Brown
Director, MRC Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK2 |
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2019
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Professor Martin Hrabe de Angelis
Director Helmholtz Munich, Professor Technical University Munich, Director of the Institute of Experimental Genetics Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Dr. Lauryl Nutter
Director, Research & Technology Development, The Centre for Phenogenomics-TCP, Toronto, Technical Innovation Investigator, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Terry Meehan
Principle Investigator & Coordinator, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK3 |
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2020
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Professor Yuichi Obata
Director, Riken BioResource Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Dr. Ann Flenniken
Associate Director, The Centre for Phenogenomics, Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Luis Santos
Bioinformatics Lead Data Wrangler, MRC Harwell, Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK4
Undisclosed recipients (joint award)
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2021
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No awards made
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2022
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Professor Yann Hérault
Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, DRCE, Institut de Génétique, Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Professor Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR7104), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (U1258), Strasbourg, France
Professor Colin McKerlie
Senior Associate Scientist Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Professor University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Nadine Spielmann
Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Munich, Germany
Undisclosed recipient
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2023
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Professor Je Kyung (JK) Seong
Professor Seoul National University, Director of Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Jacqui White
Director – Center for Biometric Analysis The Jackson laboratory (JAX) Director – Scientific Services JAX MG, Bar Harbor, Maine USA
Dr. John Seavitt
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, Texas, USA5 |
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2024
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Dr Silvia Mandillo
Senior Research Scientist, National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), Monterotondo/Rome, Italy
Dr Piia Keskivali-Bond
Lead Data Wrangler, Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell, UK |
Present Affiliations
1 Professor Emeritus CNR
2 Visiting Scientist, Insitut Clinique de la Souris -ICS, Strasbourg, France
3 Associate Director, Informatics Project Management, Sanofi, Cambridge, UK
4 Senior Data Wrangler , Data for Research Programme, The Alan Turing Institute, London, UK
5 Associate Director Preclinical Studies, Rare Disease Translational Center, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA