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April 28, 2008
Eleven HHMI Scientists Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Eight Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, three HHMI professors, one Trustee, and two members of the Institute's advisory boards are among the 190 new fellows and 22 foreign honorary members elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Membership in the American Academy honors individuals who have made prominent contributions to society and to their disciplines, which include mathematics, physics, biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and the arts, public affairs and business. The Academy's broad-based membership gives it a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary studies and public policy research.
This year's new fellows and foreign honorary members include scholars, scientists, artists, civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders from 20 states and 15 countries. The Academy will welcome this year's new class at its annual Induction Ceremony on October 11, at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The HHMI scientists newly elected to the Academy are:
| HHMI Investigators | Linda Buck | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Lawrence S. Goldstein | University of California, San Diego | John Kuriyan | University of California, Berkeley | Stephen G. Lisberger | University of California, San Francisco | Craig Mello | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Norbert Perrimon | Harvard Medical School | Louis J. Ptáček | University of California, San Francisco | Leonard I. Zon | Children's Hospital, Boston | | HHMI Professors | Utpal Banerjee | University of California, Los Angeles | Jasper Rine | University of California, Berkeley | Huntington Willard | Duke University,
Member, HHMI Scientific Review Board | | HHMI Trustee | James A. Baker | | | HHMI Advisory Board Members | Mary Beckerle | Member, HHMI Scientific Review Board | Bruce W. Stillman | Member, HHMI Medical Advisory Board |
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