Platon Kostyuk Award

The Platon Kostyuk Award is awarded jointly by the Kostyuk Foundation and the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc in the USA.

Platon G. Kostyuk (1924- 2010) was a renowned Ukrainian neuro-physiologist widely recognized for the development of intracellular perfusion technique and discovery and characterization of voltage-gated calcium channels in nerve cells. He  fostered generations of students, many of whom became successful leaders, and spread his legacy throughout the world.

The Kostyuk Foundation was founded in 2011 by the former students of Platon G. Kostyuk to commemorate his life and legacy. The main goal of this Foundation is to support biomedical research development in Ukraine. Jointly with the Medicine and Biology Section of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Foundation’s Review Committee annually awards the prestigious Platon Kostyuk Award to young biomedical scientists working in Ukraine.

The winner of Kostyuk Award 2019 was announced on December 19, 2019 during a joint meeting of Research Council and Young Scientist Council of Bogomoletz  Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. The winner is

Dr. GALYNA VOLYNETS from Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

2017 Kostyuk Award winners were:

Roman Moskalenko (Medical Institute of Sumy State University)
Ivan Kucherenko (The Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).

Read more about Kostyuk Foundation  and Kostyuk Award.

Contribute to the Platon Kostyuk Fund online.