The Biophysical Society is proud to announce that it has named seven distinguished members as its 2025 Class of Fellows. This award is given to Society members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in science and have contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics. The newest honorees will be recognized during the Biophysical Society’s 69th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. The 2025 Fellows are:
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, University of California, San Francisco, USA, for discovering the molecular structure of telomeres and how they are protected by telomerase.
Enrique M. De La Cruz, Yale University, USA, for pioneering research on the mechanisms of the actin cytoskeleton and molecular motor proteins.
Enrico Gratton, University of California, Irvine, USA, for outstanding contributions to advancing biophotonics and fluorescence spectroscopy.
Vasanthi Jayaraman, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA, for exceptional contributions to understanding the structural dynamics of neurotransmitter receptors.
Edward A. Lemke, Johannes Gutenberg University and Institute of Molecular Biology Mainz, Germany, for advancing knowledge on the functional roles of intrinsically disordered proteins.
Leslie M. Loew, R. D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA, for inventing fluorescent sensors of membrane potentials and leadership in the development of computational cell biology.
Tanja Mittag, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA, for transformative advances on the mechanisms responsible for molecular recognition and phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins.