Re: 2006 Kyoto Prize to Len Herzenberg!

On behalf of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, I had the privilege of
calling Len 
personally on Friday morning and passing on the congratulations of the entire Society.

This is a truly outstanding award for one of our most accomplished members. Len
Herzenberg has been 
one of the most important cytometrists in the 40 year history of the field.

This is a great honor for all those who work in the field. Len, congratulations from us
all.

Regards

J. Paul Robinson
President, International Society for Analytical Cytology



Mario Roederer wrote:
> *The 2006 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology will be awarded to Dr. 
> Leonard Herzenberg for "Outstanding contribution to life sciences with 
> the development of a flow cytometer that uses fluorescently-labeled 
> monoclonal antibodies."  Please see the official announcement at 
> <http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/e_topics_060609.html>.*
> 
> This is a very prestigious award, and recognizes the enormous impact 
> that Len has had on science and public health over his career.  Clearly 
> the FACS, as Len first termed it, has transformed not only immunology, 
> but nearly all fields of cell biology.  With the advent of HIV disease 
> in the 1980's, flow cytometry made its impact on clinical research and 
> medicine; in recent years, it has made a huge impact in a widening 
> number of medical fields and thereby is having a direct and beneficial 
> impact on health management.	These advances can all be traced back to 
> the pioneering technology efforts of Len and Lee Herzenberg and their 
> crew, beginning in the 1960's and continuing to this day.
> 
> Having trained in the Herzenberg laboratory, I am particularly pleased 
> with this recognition of Len.  I learned much in their laboratory -- not 
> just flow cytometry and immunology -- but also a philosophy of science 
> and research that is generous, open, and thereby productive -- a 
> philosophy that underlies the great success and productivity of his 
> group, and one that all of us who have trained in the laboratory take 
> with us and express in our own laboratories.	It is an honor to be a 
> part of the greater Herzenberg family.
> 
> Len's contributions to immunology and science go far beyond the FACS, 
> and I hope those can be similarly recognized in due course.  But for 
> now, please join me in congratulating Len on this singular recognition 
> of his lifelong achievements!
> 
> mr
> 
> 
> PS, send your congratulations in writing (email to 
> lenherz@darwin.stanford.edu); I am sure that the phones will be ringing 
> off the hook already!
> 
> -- 
> 
> _____________________________________________
> Mario Roederer, Ph.D.
> Chief, ImmunoTechnology Section and Flow Cytometry Core
> Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH
> 40 Convent Dr., Room 5509
> Bethesda, MD 20892-3015
> Phone: 301 594-8491
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-- 
J. Paul Robinson
SVM Professor of Cytomics
Professor of Immunopharmacology & Biomedical Engineering
Director, Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
President, International Society for Analytical Cytology

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