Twelve Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, an HHMI-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigator, and an HHMI Early Career Scientist have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected today in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. In addition to the newly elected members, 140 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
Nancy M. Bonini	University of Pennsylvania
Gideon Dreyfuss	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Evan E. Eichler	University of Washington School of Medicine
K. Christopher Garcia	Stanford University School of Medicine
Rachel Green	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Gregory J. Hannon	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Liqun Luo	Stanford University
Roy Parker	University of Arizona
Nikola P. Pavletich	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Louis J. Ptáček	University of California
Alexander Y. Rudensky	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Xiaowei Zhuang	Harvard University
HHMI Early Career Scientist
Karl Deisseroth	Stanford University
HHMI-GMBF Investigator
Xinnian Dong	Duke University