(Ottawa) – Kenneth Storey, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Physiology at Carleton, is being awarded the prestigious Fry Medal from the Canadian Society of Zoologists.
The award is given to a Canadian zoologist who has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge and understanding of an area in zoology. It will be presented to Storey on May 16, 2011 when he delivers the Fry Lecture at the annual meeting of the society.
Storey is internationally renowned for his discovery of the underlying biochemical principles that allow animals to adapt and survive in extreme environments. He is perhaps best known for unraveling the complex mechanisms that allow some types of frogs, turtles and insects to freeze solid during the winter and thaw unharmed in the spring. He has also discovered unifying principles of metabolic control that allow many kinds of animals to enter dormancy when environmental conditions become too harsh – such as winter hibernation in small mammals. His work on both freezing survival and hibernation has potential applications for improving long-term storage of human organs for transplant.
Last November, Storey was also presented with a Flavelle medal from the Royal Society of Canada for his outstanding contributions to biological science.
An elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Storey has won several other awards and fellowships for research excellence, including the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Calgary in 2007, a Killam Senior Research Fellowship (1993-1995), the Ayerst Award from the Canadian Biochemical Society (1989), and an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1984-1986).
Over his career, Storey has mentored 86 graduate students and over 100 undergraduates in his lab. He was one of the inaugural winners of the Carleton University Graduate Student Mentor award in 2010. Recently, Bryan Luu, a fourth-year neuroscience student who won a coveted summer placement at the Vienna Biocenter Summer School, credited Storey with contributing to his success.“Dr. Storey allowed me to work at my own pace, try new things and mold my own project. He was always there to guide me and answer my questions.”
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For more information:
Kenneth B. Storey
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Physiology
Professor of Biochemistry
Carleton University
Departments of Biology and Chemistry
613-520-3678
kenneth_storey@carleton.ca
http://www.carleton.ca/~kbstorey