Barry Honig, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and Director of the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, was honored by The Protein Society with the Christian B. Anfinsen Award. The award, sponsored by The Aviv Family Foundation, recognizes significant technical achievements in the field of protein science. The following is an excerpt from the award citation: Dr. Honig is the recipient of the 2012 award for his contributions to our understanding of the electrostatic properties of proteins and the development of DelPhi and GRASP, which are among the most widely used programs in structural biology. These and other computational tools from his group have enabled numerous discoveries related to protein molecular recognition, protein-membrane interactions, and protein structural stability. Honig's own recent discoveries related to cell-cell adhesion and sequence-dependent protein-DNA recognition are outstanding examples.