An article by Maureen McDonough:

``The British bioinformatician Ewan Birney was presented with the 2005 Benjamin Franklin Award from Bioinformatics.Org at the Bio-IT World Conference + Expo on May 19. Jeff Bizzaro, chairman of the Bioinformatics Organization, presented the award.

``The Franklin Award, named for the great scientist who refused to patent his inventions, annually recognizes an individual `who has promoted free and open access to the methods and materials used in the scientific field of bioinformatics.'''

Full story:
http://www.bio-itworld.com/news/052305_report8484.html