Joining such an accomplished group, the new investigators come to the table in a swirl of high expectations. At the same time, given each new investigator’s track record, there is abundant confidence and optimism about what the new class might accomplish.

“We are committed to providing these scientists—and the nearly 300 scientists who are already part of HHMI—with the freedom and flexibility they need in order to make lasting contributions to mankind,” Tom Cech says. Speaking specifically of the new class, but perhaps defining a characteristic that distinguishes all HHMI investigators, he adds, “We want and expect them to be daring.”

This article is based on a previous article on hhmi.org news titled 'HHMI Taps 43 of the Nation's Most Promising Scientists,' published March 21st, 2005.

Illustration: Catalone Design

SUSAN L. ACKERMAN The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor, ME		GREGORY J. HANNON Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY
JAMES BARDWELL University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI		OLIVER HOBERT Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY
DAVID BARTEL MIT Cambridge, MA		LINDA C. HSIEH-WILSON California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
BONNIE L. BASSLER Princeton University Princeton, NJ		STEVEN E. JACOBSEN University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
ALBERT BENDELAC The University of Chicago Chicago, IL		ERIK M. JORGENSEN University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
RONALD R. BREAKER Yale University New Haven, CT		DOROTHEE KERN Brandeis University Waltham, MA
ANDREW CAMILLI Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA		ALEX KOLODKIN The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
EDWIN R. CHAPMAN University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, WI		DAVID R. LIU Harvard University Cambridge, MA
ZHIJIAN CHEN University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX		SCOTT W. LOWE Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY
JOSEPH DERISI University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA		KAROLIN LUGER Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
SASCHA DU LAC The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA		LIQUN LUO Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
MICHAEL D. EHLERS Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC		MILAN MRKSICH The University of Chicago Chicago, IL
EVAN EICHLER University of Washington Seattle, WA		DIANNE K. NEWMAN California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
K. CHRISTOPHER GARCIA Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA		TERESA NICOLSON Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
TAEKJIP HA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL		JOSEPH P. NOEL The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA

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