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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden of Baylor College of Medicine |
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is being presented with the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in |
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Physical Sciences from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, |
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Science and Technology in May 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 2006, the O'Donnell Awards annually |
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recognize Texas-based researchers who are addressing the essential |
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role that science and technology play in society, and whose work |
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meets the highest standards of professional performance, |
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creativity, and resourcefulness; honorees are selected in five |
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categories, medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical |
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sciences, and technology innovation, and each award includes a |
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$25,000 honorarium as well as an invitation to present at TAMEST's |
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annual conference; and |
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WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden is being recognized for his |
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groundbreaking research on genomic 3D structures, which may one day |
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lead to treating diseases by targeting dark matter within the body; |
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he is working to apply his findings in clinical settings with the |
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support of Baylor College of Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, A leading biophysical scientist, Mr. Liberman Aiden |
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is an associate professor of molecular and human genetics, an |
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Emeritus McNair Scholar, and a member of the Dan L Duncan |
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Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine; he has |
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further distinguished himself as an adjunct professor of computer |
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science and a senior scientist at the Center for Theoretical |
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Biological Physics at Rice University; he holds doctorates from |
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Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Erez Lieberman Aiden's important research efforts |
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have made a lasting, positive impact in his field, and he is truly |
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deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Erez Lieberman Aiden on his receipt |
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of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Physical Sciences from the |
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Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology and |
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extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Lieberman Aiden as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |