Congratulations to the 2025 IZFS Award Winners!
Chi-Bin Chien Award
Victoria Deneke, PhD
Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP Vienna)
Vienna, Austria
Victoria is a Research Associate in the laboratory of Andrea Pauli at IMP Vienna, Austria. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Following her undergraduate degree, she pursued a PhD degree in Cell Biology at Duke University, where she investigated the synchronization of nuclear cycles in early Drosophila embryogenesis in the laboratory of Stefano Di Talia. In 2019, she joined the laboratory of Andrea Pauli as a postdoctoral researcher and has been studying the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate fertilization using zebrafish. In addition to her research, Victoria is passionate about scientific outreach and science communication and helped inaugurate the Talents-For-Future program at the Vienna Biocenter.
George Streisinger Award
| Sharon Amacher, PhD Ohio State University 2015-2020 |
Chi-Bin Chien, PhD (late) University of Utah 2007-2009 |
John E. Dowling, PhD Harvard University 1998-2001 |
| Michael Granato, PhD University of Pennsylvania 2010-2014 |
Nancy Hopkins, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1998-2001 |
Corinne Houart, PhD King's College London 2012-2017 |
| Cecilia Moens, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 2002-2006 |
Mary Mullins, PhD University of Pennsylvania 2005-2008 |
Dave Raible, PhD University of Washington 2008-2012 |
| Erez Raz, PhD Institute of Cell Biology 2015-2017 |
Thomas Schilling, PhD University of California Irvine 2015-2025 |
William S. Talbot, PhD Stanford University 2001-2004 |
| Deborah Yelon, PhD University of California, San Diego 2018-2024 |
These 13 Course Directors receiving the 2025 George Streisinger award have advanced the zebrafish field by training more than 400 students. This MBL Couse takes place over two weeks at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, beginning in 1998. Students learn established and emerging technologies, participate in roundtable discussions, hear research lectures from experts from around the world, and establish collaborations and life-long friendships.