Eminent Polish–American scientist Alexander Wlodawer honored

Our colleague and eminent crystallographer Alexander Wlodawer (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA) has been awarded the prestigious Casimir Funk Award by the Kosciuszko Foundation (KF) and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA).

For historical record, Tadeusz Kosciuszko ("pure son of liberty" in the words of his friend, Thomas Jefferson) is a national hero in Poland and the United States. Kazimierz (Casimir) Funk is the discoverer of vitamines (later called vitamins).

The award ceremony and lecture took place on 5 April 2024 in the KF headquarters in New York.

For more information about Dr Wlodawer's lecture “What can structural biology do for human health and the environment?” see here.