The Ragai Ibrahim AwardInquiries regarding the Ragai Ibrahim Award can be sent to ibrahim.award@cspb-scbv.ca. The Ragai Ibrahim Award Fund was established by CSPB-SCBV through a generous donation from Professor Ragai Ibrahim, eminent Canadian plant scientist and an emeritus member of the CSPP-SCPV. The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence in publication by graduate students. There is one award per year, and nominations can be made through the link below. |
Ragai Ibrahim (left) at the 2005 Plant Canada conference in Edmonton, receiving his Society Medal from outgoing President Deep Saini (centre) and incoming President Robert Guy (right). |
Each year there is one winner of the award and (possibly) one honourable mention. The award includes a cash prize; the value of the prize is determined by the Board of Directors. Nominations should be emailed directly to the current committee chair.
Eligibility:
The award is based on a peer-reviewed paper (published or on-line) published in the calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31) by a student (undergraduate/graduate) that has (or will have) an impact in the area of Plant Biology.
The nominee is currently a student (undergraduate or graduate) or has completed their graduate/undergraduate program no more than twelve (12) months prior to the publication date of the paper. The nominated student will be first or primary author of the work and the paper must be based on the research the nominee performed as a student. The nominee must be a member of the Society.
Nominator:
The nominator is the supervisor of the student or the student may self-nominate
Criteria: A peer reviewed paper either in print or on-line will be nominated by the supervisor of the student or self-nominated by the student, and will be evaluated on the impact or potential impact that work will have on plant biology. The nominated student will be the first or primary author of the work, and the paper must be based on work that the nominee performed as a student (graduate student or undergraduate). Recognizing that multi-author papers have different inputs, the contributions of the nominee (involvement in the experimental design, experiments conducted, analyses, contribution to writing etc.) should be clearly described in the nomination letter. Preference will be given to nominees who are members of the Society.
Required for the nomination:
Nomination letter (on official letterhead) from the nominee or nominee supervisor and PDF of the published paper submitted to the Chair of the CSPB Ibrahim Awards Committee.
The award rubric used by the Award Committee may be useful in preparing your application and can be found here.
In the nomination letter, please provide the following information:
- Indicate whether the nominee is still a student or whether they have completed their program (provide date of completion).
- Describe the contribution of the nominee to the research (see criteria above).
Le Prix Ragai IbrahimLes demandes concernant le prix Ragai Ibrahim peuvent être envoyées à ibrahim.award@cspb-scbv.ca. Le
Prix Ragai Ibrahim a été créé par la CSPB/SCBV en 2006 grâce à un
généreux don du Professeur Ragai Ibrahim, éminent scientifique canadien
dans le domaine végétal et membre émérite de la CSPP/SCPV. Le but de ce
prix est de reconnaître l'excellence des publications des étudiants de
2ème et 3ème cycles. Un prix est attribué par année et information à
nomination est en bas. |
Ragai Ibrahim (à gauche) recevant la Médaille dela Société du président sortant Deep Saini (centre) et du nouveau président Robert Guy (à droite) lors du congrès Plant Canada 2005 qui s'est tenu à Edmonton. |
Éligibilité :
Le prix est décerné à un article évalué par les pairs (publié ou en ligne) publié au cours de l'année civile (du 1er janvier au 31 décembre) par un étudiant (de premier cycle/de troisième cycle) qui a (ou aura) un impact dans le domaine de la biologie végétale.
Le candidat est actuellement étudiant (de premier ou de deuxième cycle) ou a terminé son programme de deuxième ou de troisième cycle au plus tard douze (12) mois avant la date de publication de l'article. L'étudiant nommé sera le premier ou le principal auteur du travail et l'article doit être basé sur la recherche que le candidat a effectuée en tant qu'étudiant. Le candidat doit être membre de la Société.
Nominateur :
Le nominateur est le superviseur de l'étudiant ou l'étudiant peut nominée lui-même.
Critères : Le superviseur de l'étudiant, ou l'étudiant lui-même, proposera un article revu par les pairs, imprimé ou en ligne, qui sera évalué en fonction de l'impact réel ou potentiel de ce travail sur la biologie végétale. L'étudiant nommé sera le premier ou le principal auteur du travail, et l'article doit être basé sur le travail que le candidat a effectué en tant qu'étudiant (étudiant diplômé ou de premier cycle). Sachant que les articles rédigés par plusieurs auteurs ont des contributions différentes, les contributions du candidat (participation à la conception expérimentale, expériences menées, analyses, contribution à la rédaction, etc.) doivent être clairement décrites dans la lettre de nomination. La préférence sera donnée aux candidats qui sont membres de la Société.
Documents requis pour la nomination :
Une lettre de nomination (sur papier à en-tête officiel) du candidat ou de son superviseur et un PDF de l'article publié soumis au Président du Comité des Prix Ibrahim de la CSPB.
La grille d'évaluation utilisée par le comité d'attribution peut être utile pour la rédaction du dossier de candidature et peut être consultée ici.
- Indiquez si le candidat est encore étudiant ou s'il a terminé son programme (indiquez la date d'achèvement).
- Décrivez la contribution du candidat à la recherche (voir les critères ci-dessus). Traduit avec www.DeepL.com/Translator (version gratuite)
Former Award Winners
2024 - Song Siyu, University of British Columbia
Siyu S, Moreira ZM, Briggs AL, Zhang XC, Diener AC, & Haney CH (2023) PSKR1 balances the plant growth-defence tradeoff in the rhizosphere microbiome. Nature Plants, 9:2071-2084.
2024 - Deka Mohamed (honourable mention), University of Toronto (Scarborough)
Mohamed D, Vonapartis E, Corcega DY, & Gazzarrini S (2023) ABA guides stomatal prolferation and patterning through the EPF-SPCH signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 150(23):dev201258.
2023 - Mendel Perkins, University of British Columbia
Perkins M, Schuetz M, Unda F, Chen KT, Bally MB, Kulkarni JA, Yan Y, Pico J, Castellarin SD, Mansfield SD & Samuels AL (2022) Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient. The Plant Cell, 34(5):2080-2095.
2023 - Charles Roussin-Léveillée (honourable mention), Université de Sherbrooke
Roussin-Léveillée C, Lajeunesse G, St-Amand M, Veerapen VP, Silva-Martins G, Nomura K, Brassard S, Bolaji A, He SY & Moffett P (2022) Evolutionarily conserved bacterial effectors hijack abscisic acid signaling to induce an aqueous environment in the apoplast. Cell Host & Microbe, 30(4):489-50.2022 - Purva Karia, University of Toronto
Karia P, Yoshioka K & Moeder W (2021) Multiple phosphorylation events of the mitochondrial membrane protein TTM1 regulate cell death during senescence. The Plant Journal, 108:766-780
2022 - Samuel Livingston (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
2021 - Hyun Kung Lee, University of Toronto
Lee HK, Goring DR (2020) Two subgroups of receptor-like kinases promote early compatible pollen responses in the Arabidopsis thaliana pistil. Journal of Experimental Botany 72:1198-1211.
2021 - Carina Carianopol (honourable mention), University of Toronto Scarborough
Carianopol CS, Chan AL, Dong S, Provart NJ, Lumba S, Gazzarini S (2020) An abscisic acid-responsive protein interaction network for sucrose non-fermenting related kinase1 in abiotic stress response. Communications Biology 3:145.
2020 - Mina Ghahremani, Queen's University
Ghahremani M, Tran H, Biglou SG, O'Gallagher B, She Y-M, Plaxton WC (2019) A glycoform of the purple acid phosphatase AtPAP26 co-purifies with a mannose-binding lectin (AtGAL1) secreted by phosphate starved Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environment 42:1139-1157
2020 - Samuel Livingston (honourable mention) ,University of British Columbia
Livingston SJ, Quilichini TD, Booth JK, Wong DCJ, Rensing KH, Laflamme-Yonkman J, Castellarin SD, Bohlmann J, Page JE, Samuels AL (2019) Cannabis glandular trichomes alter morphology and metabolite content during flower maturation. The Plant Journal 101:37-56.
2019 - Laryssa Halat, University of British Columbia
Ruan Y, Halat LS, Khan D, Jancowski S, Ambrose C, Belmonte MF, Wasteneys GO (2018) Microtubule-associated protein CLASP sustains cell proliferation through a brassinosteroid signaling negative feedback loop. Current Biology 28:2718-2729.
2018 - Jiaqi Sun, McGill University
Sun J, Zheng H (2018) Efficient ER fusion requires a dimerization and a C-terminal tail mediated membrane anchoring of RHD31. Plant Physiology 176:406-417.
2017 - Thomas DeFalco, University of Toronto
DeFalco, T.A., Marshall, C.B., Munro, K., Kang, H.G., Moeder, W., Ikura, M., Snedden,W.A., Yoshioka, K. (2016) Multiple calmodulin-binding sites positively and negatively regulate Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL 12. The Plant Cell 28:1738-1751.
2017 - Mehran Dastmalchi (honourable mention), Western University and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dastmalchi, M., Bernards, M.A. and Dhaubhadel S. (2016) Twin anchors of the soybean isoflavonoid metabolon: IFS and C4H tether the complex to the endoplasmic reticulum. Plant Journal 85:689-706.
2016 - Scott Farrow, University of Alberta
Farrow SC, Hagel JM, Beaudoin GA, Burns DC, Facchini PJ 2016. Stereochemical inversion of (S)-reticuline by a cytochrome P450 fusion in opium poppy. Nature Chemical Biology 11:728-734.
2016 - Yochiro Watanabe (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
Watanabe Y, Meents MJ, McDonnell LM, Barkwill S, Sampathkumar A, Cartwright HN, Demura T, Ehrhardt DW, Samuels AL, Mansfield SD (2015) Visualization of cellulose synthases in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls. Science 350:198-203.
2015 - Ryan Eng, Univsersity of British Columbia
Eng RC, Wasteneys G. (2014) The microtubule plus-end tafficking protein ARMADIILLO-REPEAT KINESIN1 promotes microtubule catastrophe in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26:3372-3386.
2015 - Teagan Quilichini (honourable mention), University if British Columbia
Quilichini TD, Samuels AL, Douglas CJ. (2014.) ABCG26-mediated polyketide tafficking and hydroxycinnamoyl spermidines contribute to pollen wall exine formation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 26:4483-4498.
2014 - Gregory Downs, University of Guelph
2014 - Hardy Hall (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
2013 -
2012 - Yue (Alex) Wu, Brock University
Wu Y, Zhang D, Chu JY, Boyle P, Wang Y, Brindle ID, De Luca V, Després C (2012) The Arabidopsis NPR1 protein is a receptor for the plant defense hormone salicylic acid. Cell Reports 1:639-647.
2012 - Shiu (Terry) Chung Lung (honourable mention), University of Waterloo
Lung SC, Chuong SDX (2012) A transit peptide-like sorting signal at the C terminus Directs the Bienertia sinuspersici preprotein receptor Toc159 to the chloroplast outer membrane. The Plant Cell 24:1560-1578.
2011 - Glen Uhrig, University of Calgary
Uhrig GR, Moorhead GB (2011) Two ancient bacterial-like PPP family phosphatases from Arabidopsis are highly conserved plant proteins that possess unique properties. Plant Physiology 157:1778-1792.
2011 - Lenka Plavcová (honourable mention), University of Alberta
Plavcová L, Hacke UG (2011) Heterogeneous distribution of pectin epitopes and calcium in different pit types of four angiosperm species. New Phytologist 192: 885-897.
2010 - Laurent Cappadocia, Université de Montréal
Cappadocia L, Maréchal A, Parent J-S, Lepage É, Sygusch J, Brisson N (2010) Crystal structures of DNA-Whirly complexes and their role in Arabidopsis organelle genome repair. The Plant Cell 22:1849-1867.
2009 - Patrick Boyle, Brock University
Boyle P, Le Su E, Rochon A, Shearer HL, Murmu J, Chu JY, Fobert PR, Després C (2009) The BTB/POZ domain of the Arabidopsis disease resistance protein NPR1 interacts with the repression domain of TGA2 to negate its function. The Plant Cell 21:3700-3713.
2008 - James Uniacke, Concordia University
Uniacke J, Zerges W (2008) Stress induces the assembly of RNA granules in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Cell Biology 182:641-646.
2007 - Sam Gennidakis, Queen's University
Gennidakis S, Rao S, Greenham K, Uhrig RG, O'Leary B, Snedden WA, Lu C, Plaxton WC (2007) Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero-oligomeric Class-2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds. Plant Journal 52:839-849.
2006 - Amanda Rochon, Brock University
Rochon A, Boyle P, Wignes T, Fobert PR, Després C (2006) The coactivator function of Arabidopsis NPR1 requires the core of its BTB/POZ domain and the oxidation of C-terminal cysteines. The Plant Cell 18:3670-3685.
Laureats Précédents
2024 - Song Siyu, University of British Columbia
Siyu S, Moreira ZM, Briggs AL, Zhang XC, Diener AC, & Haney CH (2023) PSKR1 balances the plant growth-defence tradeoff in the rhizosphere microbiome. Nature Plants, 9:2071-2084.
2024 - Deka Mohamed (honourable mention), University of Toronto (Scarborough)
Mohamed D, Vonapartis E, Corcega DY, & Gazzarrini S (2023) ABA guides stomatal prolferation and patterning through the EPF-SPCH signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 150(23):dev201258.
2023 - Mendel Perkins, University of British Columbia
Perkins M, Schuetz M, Unda F, Chen KT, Bally MB, Kulkarni JA, Yan Y, Pico J, Castellarin SD, Mansfield SD & Samuels AL (2022) Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient. The Plant Cell, 34(5):2080-2095.
2023 - Charles Roussin-Léveillée (honourable mention), Université de Sherbrooke
Roussin-Léveillée C, Lajeunesse G, St-Amand M, Veerapen VP, Silva-Martins G, Nomura K, Brassard S, Bolaji A, He SY & Moffett P (2022) Evolutionarily conserved bacterial effectors hijack abscisic acid signaling to induce an aqueous environment in the apoplast. Cell Host & Microbe, 30(4):489-50.2022 - Purva Karia, University of Toronto
Karia P, Yoshioka K & Moeder W (2021) Multiple phosphorylation events of the mitochondrial membrane protein TTM1 regulate cell death during senescence. The Plant Journal, 108:766-780
2022 - Samuel Livingston (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
Livingston SJ, Bae EJ, Unda F, Hahn MG, Mansfield SD, Page JE & Samuels L (2021) Cannabis Glandular Trichome Cell Walls Undergo Remodeling to Store Specialized Metabolites. Plant & Cell Physiology, 62:1944-1962.
2021 - Hyun Kung Lee, University of Toronto
Lee HK, Goring DR (2020) Two subgroups of receptor-like kinases promote early compatible pollen responses in the Arabidopsis thaliana pistil. Journal of Experimental Botany 72:1198-1211.
2021 - Carina Carianopol (honourable mention), University of Toronto Scarborough
Carianopol CS, Chan AL, Dong S, Provart NJ, Lumba S, Gazzarini S (2020) An abscisic acid-responsive protein interaction network for sucrose non-fermenting related kinase1 in abiotic stress response. Communications Biology 3:145.
2020 - Mina Ghahremani, Queen's University
Ghahremani M, Tran H, Biglou SG, O'Gallagher B, She Y-M, Plaxton WC (2019) A glycoform of the purple acid phosphatase AtPAP26 co-purifies with a mannose-binding lectin (AtGAL1) secreted by phosphate starved Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environment 42:1139-1157
2020 - Samuel Livingston (honourable mention) ,University of British Columbia
Livingston SJ, Quilichini TD, Booth JK, Wong DCJ, Rensing KH, Laflamme-Yonkman J, Castellarin SD, Bohlmann J, Page JE, Samuels AL (2019) Cannabis glandular trichomes alter morphology and metabolite content during flower maturation. The Plant Journal 101:37-56.
2019 - Laryssa Halat, University of British Columbia
Ruan Y, Halat LS, Khan D, Jancowski S, Ambrose C, Belmonte MF, Wasteneys GO (2018) Microtubule-associated protein CLASP sustains cell proliferation through a brassinosteroid signaling negative feedback loop. Current Biology 28:2718-2729.
2018 - Jiaqi Sun, McGill University
Sun J, Zheng H (2018) Efficient ER fusion requires a dimerization and a C-terminal tail mediated membrane anchoring of RHD31. Plant Physiology 176:406-417.
2017 - Thomas DeFalco, University of Toronto
DeFalco, T.A., Marshall, C.B., Munro, K., Kang, H.G., Moeder, W., Ikura, M., Snedden,W.A., Yoshioka, K. (2016) Multiple calmodulin-binding sites positively and negatively regulate Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL 12. The Plant Cell 28:1738-1751.
2017 - Mehran Dastmalchi (honourable mention), Western University and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dastmalchi, M., Bernards, M.A. and Dhaubhadel S. (2016) Twin anchors of the soybean isoflavonoid metabolon: IFS and C4H tether the complex to the endoplasmic reticulum. Plant Journal 85:689-706.
2016 - Scott Farrow, University of Alberta
Farrow SC, Hagel JM, Beaudoin GA, Burns DC, Facchini PJ 2016. Stereochemical inversion of (S)-reticuline by a cytochrome P450 fusion in opium poppy. Nature Chemical Biology 11:728-734.
2016 - Yochiro Watanabe (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
Watanabe Y, Meents MJ, McDonnell LM, Barkwill S, Sampathkumar A, Cartwright HN, Demura T, Ehrhardt DW, Samuels AL, Mansfield SD (2015) Visualization of cellulose synthases in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls. Science 350:198-203.
2015 - Ryan Eng, Univsersity of British Columbia
Eng RC, Wasteneys G. (2014) The microtubule plus-end tafficking protein ARMADIILLO-REPEAT KINESIN1 promotes microtubule catastrophe in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26:3372-3386.
2015 - Teagan Quilichini (honourable mention), University if British Columbia
Quilichini TD, Samuels AL, Douglas CJ. (2014.) ABCG26-mediated polyketide tafficking and hydroxycinnamoyl spermidines contribute to pollen wall exine formation in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 26:4483-4498.
2014 - Gregory Downs, University of Guelph
2014 - Hardy Hall (honourable mention), University of British Columbia
2013 -
2012 - Yue (Alex) Wu, Brock University
Wu Y, Zhang D, Chu JY, Boyle P, Wang Y, Brindle ID, De Luca V, Després C (2012) The Arabidopsis NPR1 protein is a receptor for the plant defense hormone salicylic acid. Cell Reports 1:639-647.
2012 - Shiu (Terry) Chung Lung (honourable mention), University of Waterloo
Lung SC, Chuong SDX (2012) A transit peptide-like sorting signal at the C terminus Directs the Bienertia sinuspersici preprotein receptor Toc159 to the chloroplast outer membrane. The Plant Cell 24:1560-1578.
2011 - Glen Uhrig, University of Calgary
Uhrig GR, Moorhead GB (2011) Two ancient bacterial-like PPP family phosphatases from Arabidopsis are highly conserved plant proteins that possess unique properties. Plant Physiology 157:1778-1792.
2011 - Lenka Plavcová (honourable mention), University of Alberta
Plavcová L, Hacke UG (2011) Heterogeneous distribution of pectin epitopes and calcium in different pit types of four angiosperm species. New Phytologist 192: 885-897.
2010 - Laurent Cappadocia, Université de Montréal
Cappadocia L, Maréchal A, Parent J-S, Lepage É, Sygusch J, Brisson N (2010) Crystal structures of DNA-Whirly complexes and their role in Arabidopsis organelle genome repair. The Plant Cell 22:1849-1867.
2009 - Patrick Boyle, Brock University
Boyle P, Le Su E, Rochon A, Shearer HL, Murmu J, Chu JY, Fobert PR, Després C (2009) The BTB/POZ domain of the Arabidopsis disease resistance protein NPR1 interacts with the repression domain of TGA2 to negate its function. The Plant Cell 21:3700-3713.
2008 - James Uniacke, Concordia University
Uniacke J, Zerges W (2008) Stress induces the assembly of RNA granules in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Cell Biology 182:641-646.
2007 - Sam Gennidakis, Queen's University
Gennidakis S, Rao S, Greenham K, Uhrig RG, O'Leary B, Snedden WA, Lu C, Plaxton WC (2007) Bacterial- and plant-type phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxylase polypeptides interact in the hetero-oligomeric Class-2 PEPC complex of developing castor oil seeds. Plant Journal 52:839-849.
2006 - Amanda Rochon, Brock University
Rochon A, Boyle P, Wignes T, Fobert PR, Després C (2006) The coactivator function of Arabidopsis NPR1 requires the core of its BTB/POZ domain and the oxidation of C-terminal cysteines. The Plant Cell 18:3670-3685.
