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April 28, 2009
National Academy of Sciences Elects Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scientists
Seven Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, one HHMI senior scientific officer, one HHMI professor, and one HHMI international research scholar have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected today in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. In addition to the newly elected members, 124 HHMI investigators are members of the Academy.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare. It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to the federal government, upon request, in any matter of science or technology.
The HHMI scientists newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences are:
| HHMI Investigators | Ralph R. Isberg | Tufts University School of Medicine | Tyler Jacks | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | G. Shirleen Roeder | Yale University | Kevan M. Shokat | University of California, San Francisco | Paul W. Sternberg | California Institute of Technology | Jonathan S. Weissman | University of California, San Francisco | S. Lawrence Zipursky | University of California, Los Angeles | | HHMI Senior Scientific Officer | Marian B. Carlson | Columbia University | | HHMI Professor | Baldomero M. Olivera | University of Utah | | HHMI International Research Scholar | Pascale Cossart | Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
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Jim Keeley
