Erdinc Sezgin to receive the Biophysical Society’s Early Independent Career Award
Erdinc Sezgin, Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab, and the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Early Independent Career Award from the Biophysical Society.
Dr. Sezgin’s research combines chemistry, physics, biology, and computer science to explore how the biophysics of cells shape health and disease. He studied Genetics and Bioengineering at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, earned his PhD at the International Max Planck Research School in Dresden, and later carried out postdoctoral research in immunology and imaging at the University of Oxford as an EMBO, Marie Curie, and Newton fellow.
Since 2020, he has led his own laboratory at Karolinska Institutet and SciLifeLab, and he is currently an EMBO Young Investigator and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.
The Biophysical Society’s role in Sezgin’s career
The Biophysical Society has been central to Sezgin’s scientific journey, offering inspiration through its meetings, a platform for sharing reliable research in its journals, and a welcoming community that fostered a strong sense of belonging. Receiving the award is, in his view, not only a personal honor but also recognition of the research direction pursued together with his team.
“I am deeply honored to receive this award by the Biophysical Society. I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who made this possible — my lab members, mentors, and the whole biophysics community. This recognition means a great deal to me, but above all, a recognition for our research line,” Sezgin says.
He adds: “I am very excited about where we are in research combining physics, chemistry and computer science to decipher the biophysical codes of health and disease. Society’s recognition of our curiosity-driven science gives us a lot of energy to continue exploring the big mysteries of our tiny cells using biophysics.”
