The 2012 Genetics Society of America Elizabeth W. Jones award for excellence in education: David A. Micklos.

E ACH year, the Genetics Society of America honors an individual who has made significant and sustained contributions in the field of genetics education. In recognition of his extensive contributions to genetics education, and for bringing a genomics curriculum to a broad audience that includes K–12 to community colleges, large state institutions, small liberal arts colleges, and the lay public, David Micklos is this year’s recipient of the Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education. Through his work as founder and executive director of the DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Dave has ushered DNA science into the educational curriculum for thousands of students, high school teachers, and undergraduate faculty. The DNALC’s website alone hosts more than 7 million visitors each year (http://www.dnalc.org). Sally C. R. Elgin, Viktor Hamburger Professor of Biology, Genetics, and Education at Washington University in St. Louis, Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, and recipient of the 2009 Genetics Society of America Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellent in Education, describes Micklos’s achievements in this way: