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We are thrilled to announce Nancy Hopkins of @MIT as this year's recipient of the prestigious NAS Public Welfare Medal! She is honored for her courageous leadership over three decades to create and ensure equal opportunity for #WomeninScience . Learn more:
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Congratulations to Harmit S. Malik ( @HarmitMalik ) of @fredhutch @HHMINEWS on his induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for furthering our understanding of the evolution of disease. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #genomics
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In recognition of her contributions to aerosol chemistry, Kimberly A. Prather of @CAICECCI @UCSanDiego and @Scripps_Ocean is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Luis Enjuanes of @CSIC is being inducted as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences for groundbreaking discoveries on coronavirus transcription that may lead to potential vaccines for SARS, MERS, and other coronaviruses. Watch #NAS159 :
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Harmit S. Malik ( @HarmitMalik ) of @fredhutch @HHMINEWS is interested in understanding the of the evolution of disease through study of the "molecular arms races" that are driven by genetic conflicts. Watch his research briefing #NAS159 #genomics #virology
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In honor of her contributions to single-cell genomic analysis, Aviv Regev of @genentech is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following her election in 2019. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #computationalbiology #cellbiology
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Congratulations William M. Clemons, Jr. of @Caltech , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biophysics #biology
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David R. Liu of @BroadInstitute is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for pioneering research integrating chemistry, evolution, and engineering into genome editing and chemical biology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Jay Shendure of @UW , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #genetics #molecularbiology
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Anurag Agrawal ( @anuragasclepias ) of @Cornell is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for ecological analysis which has increased our understanding of species adaptation. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #ecology
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In recognition of his contributions to the study of social influences on health, David R. Williams of @Harvard @HarvardChanSPH is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #publichealth #healthequity
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In recognition of his contributions to genome science, Howard Y. Chang of @Stanford is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 23 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Congratulations to our new #NASmembers ! #NAS160
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Congratulations Harmit S. Malik @HarmitMalik of @fredhutch @HHMINEWS , newly elected #NASmember ! #NAS156 #genetics
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Congratulations Leonard I. Zon of @BostonChildrens , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #hematology
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In recognition of her contributions to neuroscience, Doris Y. Tsao of @Caltech is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations E. Dale Abel of @dgsomucla , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #endocrinology
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In recognition of her contributions to myeloid biology, Miriam Merad of @IcahnMountSinai and @TischCancer is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In honor of his contributions to enzyme chemistry, Squire J. Booker ( @BookerMan_PSU ) of @penn_state @HHMINEWS is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2019. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #biochemistry
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In recognition of her contributions to molecular geomicrobiology, Dianne K. Newman of @Caltech is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #microbiology #molecularbiology
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Geeta J. Narlikar of @UCSF is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for studies on how genome organization is regulated to control genome function. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Katherine A. Fitzgerald’s work has laid the foundation for our understanding of the inflammatory response during infection and the role of innate immunity in inflammatory diseases. Watch her induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159 #virology
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Congratulations to Molly Przeworski of @Columbia on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to population genetics. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Paula T. Hammond of @MIT @MITChemE uses macromolecular design and synthesis to develop new technologies to treat disease. Watch Hammond's research briefing during #NAS159 : #biomedicalengineering #biotechnology #chemicalengineering
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Just months after the Flint water source changed, local hospitals began reporting large numbers of people with Legionnaires' disease. New research in @PNASNews finds the connection in chlorine. #FlintWaterCrisis
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Two new studies confirm that an outbreak of deadly Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Mich., was caused by the city's water crisis in 2014 and 2015.

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Edith Heard’s work on the process of X-chromosome inactivation has established new paths to understanding development, epigenetics, and nuclear organization. Watch the livestream of her induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159 #epigenetics
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Congratulations to Yifan Cheng of @UCSF on his induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to electron cryo-microscopy. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In honor of her contributions to macromolecular design and synthesis, Paula T. Hammond of @MIT @MITChemE is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following her election in 2019. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to gene transcription, Patrick Cramer of @CramerLab and @mpi_bpc is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Breaking: Physician, anthropologist, & humanitarian, Paul Farmer of @PIH & @HarvardMed is 2018 NAS Public Welfare Medal recipient! It is the Academy's most prestigious award, honoring extraordinary use of science for the public good. #community #HealthCare
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In recognition of his contributions to synthetic and physical organic chemistry, Ben L. Feringa of @univgroningen is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Daniel J. Drucker’s pioneering discoveries in gut hormone action have enabled development of new medications to treat diabetes, obesity, and short bowel syndrome. Watch the livestream of his induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159 #medicine
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Congratulations to Rebecca Heald ( @rebeccaheald ) of @UCBerkeley on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to cell biology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #cellbiology #developmentalbiology
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In recognition of her contributions to immunology, Ellen V. Rothenberg of @Caltech is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Ana Maria Cuervo of @EinsteinMed is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for study of autophagy — how cells recycle their waste — and the molecular biology of aging. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #molecularbiology
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In recognition of his contributions to genetics, Scott Keeney of @sloan_kettering is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to condensed matter physics, Alexei Y. Kitaev of @Caltech is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In honor of his contributions to evolutionary biology, Loren H. Rieseberg of @UBCBotany and @UBC is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Adolfo García-Sastre of @IcahnMountSInai discovered that RNA viruses encode proteins that inhibit microbial sensing and are essential for virulence by antagonizing interferon. Watch his induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159 #immunology
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Cynthia Wolberger ( @Cwolberger ) of @HopkinsMedicine is a world leader in the structural biology of transcription factors, chromatin, and ubiquitin signaling. Watch the livestream of her induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159
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In honor of his contributions to theoretical population and quantitative genetics, Michael Turelli of @ucdavis is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2021. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Benjamin G. Neel of @nyuniversity , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biology #oncology
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Congratulations Clare Waterman @lab_waterman of @NIH , newly inducted #NASmember ! She invented & uses novel light #microscopy methods to define the nanometer-scale of the molecular assemblies that generate, organize, and transmit forces that drive cell movement. #NAS156
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Congratulations Michael B. Elowitz of @Caltech , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biology #biochemistry
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In recognition of his contributions to cell biology and biophysics, Edward D. Salmon of @UNC is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to Drosophila genetics, Hugo Bellen of @bcmhouston is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Marisa S. Bartolomei of @Penn is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for discovering mechanisms governing genomic imprinting, which establishes different epigenetics-based roles of sperm and eggs in reproduction. Watch #NAS159 :
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Congratulations Arturo Casadevall of @JohnsHopkinsSPH , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #microbialbiology
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In recognition of her contributions to cellular and molecular neuroscience, Rachel O. Wong of @UW is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to the study of CRISPR-Cas immunity, Luciano A. Marraffini of @RockefellerUniv @HHMINews is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #mircobiology
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In recognition of her contributions to anthropology, Anna K. Behrensmeyer of @HumanOrigins @NMNH and @smithsonian is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations to Laura Gagliardi of @Uchicago on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to theoretical chemistry. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Today Richard Blundell ( @R_Blundell_UCL ) of @UCL is being inducted as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences for producing new insight into labor supply, consumption, savings and innovation. Watch #NAS159 : #economics
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Paul E. Turner of @Yale studies the evolutionary genetics of how viruses adapt to new environments, and the development of viruses for use in human therapy. Watch the livestream of his induction to the National Academy of Sciences: #NAS159 #virology
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Congratulations to Donna G. Blackmond of @scrippsresearch on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to physical organic chemistry. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Join us in congratulating #NASmember @Nancy_Kanwisher of @mcgovernmit @MIT , winner of the 2022 NAS Award in the Neurosciences for pioneering research that provides insight into the functional organization of the human brain! Read more: #NASaward
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In recognition of her contributions to cognitive neuroscience, Anna C. (Kia) Nobre of @OxExpPsy @OxPsychiatry and @UniofOxford is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations to Alexander F. Schier of @biozentrum on his induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to developmental biology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations to Nina G. Jablonski of @penn_state on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to #anthropology and #paleobiology . Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations William D. Jones of @UofR , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #chemistry
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Congratulations to Alexei Y. Kitaev of @Caltech who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to condensed matter physics. #NAS158 Read more:
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In honor of his contributions to cell biology, Anthony Hyman of @HymanLab and @mpicbg is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to porphyrin analogue chemistry, Jonathan L. Sessler of @UTAustin is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Feng Zhang @zhangf of @broadinstitute , newly inducted #NASmember ! He developed CRISPR/Cas systems for genome editing and continues to discover and develop molecular technologies for improving human health. #NAS156 #CRISPR
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Congratulations to Sean J. Morrison of @CRI_UTSW and @UTSWNews on his induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to stem cell biology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Today Mary Ann Moran of @universityofga is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of work furthering our understanding of the global ocean microbiome. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Dawn J. Wright of @Esri is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for the development of geospatial methodologies for mapping and interpreting the seafloor. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to cellular immunology, Carl June of @PennPathLabMed and @Penn is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations to Christopher B. Barrett of @Cornell @AtkinsonCenter who joins the National Academy of Sciences for his furthering the understanding of agricultural and sustainability economics. #NAS159 Read more: #agriculturaleconomics
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Jan E. Leach of @ColoradoStateU is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for research on plant pathology, specifically the molecular mechanisms of plant disease susepctibiility and resistance. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Julie Segre of @genome_gov , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #genetics #microbialbiology
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Congratulations Jenny Ting of @UNC , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #immunology
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In honor of his contributions to immunology, Marco Colonna of @WUSTLmed is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2019. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #immunology
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Congratulations Vincent Hutchings of @UMich , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #politicalscience
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Joan B. Silk of @ASU has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for research on the evolutionary significance of social bonds. #NAS159 Read more: #primatology
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Congratulations Michael Turelli of @ucdavis , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biology
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In recognition of his contributions to NMR spectroscopy, Lewis E. Kay of @UoftB and @UofT is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Job Dekker of @UMassChan , newly inducted NAS International Member! #NAS160 #NASmember #genetics #molecularbiology
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In honor of her contributions to immunology, Fiona M. Powrie of @NDMOxford and @UniofOxford is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following her election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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#NASmembers elected100 new members and 25 foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. 40% of the new members are women—the most ever elected in any one year to date. Congrats to all! #NAS156
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Congratulations Erik Jorgensen of @UUtah , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #neuroscience #physiology
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Congratulations Rasmus Nielsen of @UCBerkeley , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biology #genetics
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Congratulations Mary Firestone of @UCBerkeley , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS155 #SoilMicrobiology
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Denise J. Montell of @ucsantabarbara is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for research in cell biology that has furthered our understanding of how cancer cells survive and spread. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Today we are recognizing Elena M. Bennett ( @ElenaBennett ) of @mcgillu with election to the National Academy of Sciences in honor of her outstanding contributions to ecosystem ecology. #NAS159 Read more: #ecology
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Congratulations to Nancy B. Grimm ( @DrNitrogen ) of @ASU on her induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her contributions to urban ecology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #ecology #climatechange
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Congratulations to Ralph S. Baric of @UNC on his induction as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to epidemiology. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #epidemiology #denguefever #norovirus
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In honor of his contributions to research on cell death, Douglas R. Green of @StJudeResearch and @StJude is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Julie A. Theriot of @UW , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #biology
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In recognition of her contributions to plant-pathogen interactions, Barbara Valent of @KSUPlantDr and @Kstate is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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We welcome Rasmus Nielsen ( @ras_nielsen ) of @UCBerkeley to the National Academy of Sciences in honor of his achievements in the statistical and evolutionary analysis of genomic data. #NAS159 Read more: #computationalgenomics
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John R. Rickford of @Stanford is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for work on sociolinguistic variation focused on ethnicity and class in the Caribbean and U.S. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Carrie Partch of @partchlab @ucsc , recipient of the 2022 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for her contributions to the molecular understanding of circadian rhythms! Read more: #NASaward #MolecularBiology
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In honor of her contributions to polymer chemistry, Karen L. Wooley of @TAMUChemistry and @TAMU is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following her election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Congratulations Sharon Y. Strauss of @ucdavis , newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS160 #ecology
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In honor of his contributions to organic chemistry, Scott J. Miller of @YaleChem and @Yale is being inducted to the National Academy of Sciences following his election in 2020. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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In recognition of his contributions to eukaryotic microbial genetics, Joseph Heitman ( @DukeHeitman ) of @DukeU is being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Watch the #NAS159 livestream: #microbiology #genetics
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"The only way you’re going to get an answer … is a randomized control trial. Safety and efficacy is something we owe to the global population." - Dr. Anthony Fauci #NAS157
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Isabel P. Montañez of @ucdavis is being inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences for work advancing our understanding of ancient climate change through sedimentology and stratigraphy. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Jane A. Langdale ( @JaneLangdale ) of @UniofOxford @QueensCollegeOx is being inducted as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences for dissecting the genetic mechanisms underpinning leaf anatomy in plants. Watch the #NAS159 livestream:
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Regine Kahmann of Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology ( @maxplanckpress ) is being inducted as an international member of the NAS for pioneering research on the role of protein effectors in suppressing plant immunity. Watch #NAS159 :
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