2026 Society for Developmental Biology Award Winners

2/5/2026

The Society for Developmental Biology Board of Directors selected the following recipients for the 2026 SDB Awards. They will present their award lectures at the SDB 85th Annual Meeting, July 23-26, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2026 Edwin G. Conklin Medal
Lee Niswander, University of Colorado Boulder

2026 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award
Alexandra Joyner, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

2026 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize
Roberto Mayor, University College London

2026 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award
Jeffrey Farrell, National Institutes of Health

2026 Society for Developmental Biology Trainee Science Communication Award
Nicholas Desnoyer, The Sainsbury Laboratory

Last Updated 02/05/2026