The Rao Makineni Lectureship
The Rao Makineni Lectureship was established in 2003 by an endowment by PolyPeptide Laboratories and Murray and Zelda Goodman. The Lectureship honors Rao Makineni, a long-time supporter of peptide science, peptide scientists, and the American Peptide Society. The Makineni Lectureship recognizes an individual who has made a recent contribution of unusual merit to research in the field of peptide science. The award is intended to recognize original and singular discoveries rather than cumulative or lifetime contributions. The award is presented at the biennial American Peptide Symposia.
Rao Makineni Lectureship Recipients
2025, Krishna Kumar, Tufts University
2023, César de la Fuente, University of Pennsylvania
2021, Bradley L. Pentelute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2019, Xuechen Li, The University of Hong Kong
2017, Thomas Kodadek, Scripps Research Institute
2015, Paramjit Arora, New York University
2013, Samuel H. Gellman, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2011, Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research
2009, William DeGrado, University of Pennsylvania
2007, Ronald T. Raines, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2005, Robin E. Offord, Centre Medical Universitaire, Switzerland
2003, James P. Tam, Vanderbilt University
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