Harvard scientist wins Sackler Prize

Harvard Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics Xiaowei Zhuang has been awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics, awarded at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Zhuang was honored for her seminal contribution to the invention, development, and biophysical applications of Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) and related methods of super-resolution microscopy.  Zhuang shares the prize with another recipient. Both will receive the prize in person on May 24.