| Prof | Yingrong | Du | the Third People's Hospital of Kunming | China | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mr | Samuel | Hockey | The University of Sydney | Australia | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Mohammad Bagher | Ghasemian | The University of Sydney | Australia | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Georgios | Karras | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Eman | El-Wakil | Theodor Bilharz Research Institute | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Xiaozhi | Liu | Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital | China | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Paolo | Grumati | TIGEM | Italy | Organelle Biology Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sanjay | Kumar | Tohoku University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mr | Athok | Maarif | Tottori University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Zhijie | Chang | Tsinghua University | China | Cell Communication Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | John | Carethers | UC San Diego | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Sherin | Devaskar | UCLA | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Insoon | Chang | UCLA School of Dentistry | United States | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Alma | Burlingame | UCSF | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Edson | dos Anjos dos Santos | UFMS | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mrs | Iara | Macêdo | UFRGS | Brazil | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Moara | Lemos | UFRJ/CENABIO | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mrs | Mini | Dahiya | UIPS, Panjab University | India | Young Scientist Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Jerzy A. | Lis | Univeristy of Opole, Institute of Biology | Poland | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mrs | Diana | Reche | Universidad Pablo de Olavide | Spain | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Katia | Figueiredo | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Brazil | Innovative Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Leandro | Rodriguez-Viera | Universisdad de Cadiz | Spain | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Veronica | Gagliardi | Università degli studi di Padova | Italy | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Salvatore | Chirumbolo | Università di Verona | Italy | Innovative Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Oleksii | Protsepko | Universitätsklinikum Augsburg | Germany | Young Scientist Award | cellbiologist.org |