| Dr | Weili | Miao | Stanford | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Mrinal | Saha | University of Oklahoma | United States | Cell Biology Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Ramamurthy | Chitteti | University of California San diego | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Alma | Burlingame | UCSF | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Gary | Chan | SUNY Upstate Medical University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Boaz | Mohar | HHMI Janelia Reseach Campus | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sabarinath | Neerukonda | US Food and Drug Administration | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Alexej | Abyzov | Mayo Clinic | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jessica | Fleming | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | JIN | WANG | University of Chinese Academy of Science | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Elijah | Stommel | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Raul | Valenzuela | MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | James | Schopf | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Alessandra | Luchini | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Frederick | Silver | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | United States | Breakthrough Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Flavia | Neto de Jesus | Texas A&M University | United States | Best Research Article Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Carlos | Cruchaga | Washington Univeristy | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Fani | Pantouli | Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Danyelle | Townsend | Medical University of South Carolina | United States | Women Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Alla | Mitrofanova | University of Miami | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Ambika | Verma | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Kendell | German | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Yanlan | Wang | Stanford | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Ms | Haydee | Dabritz | Calif Dept of Public Health, Infant Botulism Treatment & Prevention Program. | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Nabil | Alshurafa | Northwestern University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |