Three Awards and Selection Procedures
Yuan-Cheng Fung Best Paper Award
With the approval and support of Dr. Yuan-Cheng Fung and his family, Tech Science Press (TSP) and Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics (MCB, ISSN: 1556-5300) announced the establishment of MCB Yuan-Cheng Fung Best Paper Award on the occasion of Dr. Yuan-Cheng Fung’s 100th birthday, to tribute his remarkable contributions in biomechanics and the founding of MCB. The 2019 award will be announced at ICBME2019 to be held in San Diego, September 2019, and annually thereafter.
The Yuan-Cheng Fung Award aims to recognize the distinguished researcher(s) whose article published in MCB reflects outstanding, creative and groundbreaking research contributions to theoretical and experimental biomechanics and spawns new ideas for solving the problems facing the biomechanics engineering science community at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels.
Since this award was announced near the end of year 2018, papers published on MCB from the 4th Issue of 2018 to the 3rd Issue of 2019 (4 issues) and papers accepted by August 10, 2019 are eligible for consideration to receive the 2019 award.
The winning paper will be selected by the Award Committee which includes MCB associate editors, selected editorial board members, invited established researchers as guest members from the biomechanics community, an appointed TSP representative, and an (honorary) member of the Fung’s family. A second place award is possible if justified by the quality of the papers received.
Prizes
The first author of the winning paper will be presented with a commemorative certificate and a cash prize ($1,000USD). If a second place award is selected, the first author of the winning paper will be presented with a commemorative certificate and a cash prize ($500USD).
Recipients
First Place Award
Dr. Yunfeng Chen, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Paper Title: Fast Force Loading Disrupts Molecular Binding Stability in Human and Mouse Cell Adhesions
Co-Authors: Yunfeng Chen, Jiexi Liao, Zhou Yuan, Kaitao Li, Baoyu Liu, Lining Arnold Ju and Cheng Zhu
Second Place Award
Dr. Mingzhi Luo, Changzhou University, China
Paper Title: Sanguinarine Decreases Cell Stiffness and Traction Force and Inhibits the
Reactivity of Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture
Reactivity of Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture
Co-Authors: Mingzhi Luo, Kai Ni, Peili Yu, Yang Jin, Lei Liu, Jingjing Li, Yan Pan and Linhong Deng
Dr. Caining Zhang, Southeast University, China
Paper Title: Convolution Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines for Automatic Segmentation of Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography
Co-Authors: Caining Zhang, Huaguang Li, Xiaoya Guo, David Molony, Xiaopeng Guo, Habib Samady, Don P. Giddens, Lambros Athanasiou, Rencan Nie, Jinde Cao and Dalin Tang
ICBME Outstanding Contribution Award
This outstanding contribution award recognizes individuals who have been influential and have made significant contributions to ICBME2019 in general. Those contributions include (but are not limited to) general conference and symposium organizations. The candidates include all participants of ICBME2019. The number of recipients awarded is not limited.
Nomination and selection
The Outstanding Contribution Award should be nominated by the Organization Committee of ICBME2019, regarding the contribution of an individual toward the conference. The Organization Committee will decide the winners of the ICBME2019 Outstanding Contribution Award.
Recipient:
Professor Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein, University of California, San Diego, USA
Professor Guixue Wang, Chongqing University, China
ICBME Young Scholars Award
This award is to reward outstanding young scholars in the biomechanics field (within 5 years of receiving his/her Ph.D degree or current students) who presented a full-length paper at ICBME2019. The paper should have been accepted or published by MCB by August 1, 2019.
Eligibility
Young scholars are scholars within 5 years of receiving his/her Ph.D degree or current students. The number of recipients awarded is limited to 3.
Application, Nomination and Selection
Interested young scholars should fill out the application form and submit the application to icbme@techscience.com with a) your CV, b) your accepted full paper, c) a letter of nomination from a senior faculty. The Organizing Committee will decide the winners of ICBME Young Scholar Award of 2019. Awards will be announced and presented at ICBME2019.
Prizes: A certificate and special prize.
Recipient:
Dr. Yunfeng Chen, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
