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Pernas named fellow; Heitman and Wu elected to NAM
Lena Pernas is named a fellow by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Joseph Heitman and Hao Wu are inducted into the National Academy of Medicine.
Awards for Maquat and Gohil; Sobrado named biochem chair
Vishal Gohil is honored for work with copper. Lynn Maquat receives two awards for RNA research. Pablo Sobrado is named endowed chair of biochemistry.
Awards for Alrubaye and Dutta; Strochlic named ass't dean
PSA presents Early Achievement Award for Teaching to Adnan Alrubaye. ASIP honors Anindya Dutta with the Rous–Whipple Award. Drexel names Todd Strochlic assistant dean of curricular integration.
Honors for de la Fuente, Mittag and De La Cruz
César de la Fuente receives the American Society of Microbiology’s Award for Early Career Basic Research. Tanja Mittag and Enrique M. De La Cruz are named fellows by the Biophysical Society.
Honors for Emr, Sundquist, Ohm and Szoo
Scott Emr and Wesley Sundquist won the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. Adam Ohm and Madeline Szoo have been awarded scholarships by the Fellowship Board of Tau Beta Pi.
Honors for DebBurman, Margaryan and Santiago–Frangos
The Council on Undergraduate Research honors Shubhik DebBurman with a mentoring award. Anush Margaryan wins a Projects for Peace grant to teach refugees in Armenia. UPenn names Andrew Santiago–Frangos an endowed assistant professor.
Honors for Fleming, Garcia and Lichtenstein
Karen Fleming elected president of Biophysical Society. The Eastern Analytical Symposium honors Ben Garcia for achievements in mass spec. Tufts University names Alice Lichtenstein a distinguished professor.
Honors for Bassler, Hirschberg and Prinz
Bonnie Bassler is listed in Forbes’ 50 Over 50, Carlos Hirschberg is named an honorary professor at the Universidad Andres Bello of Chile, and William Prinz is one of 17 new fellows of the ACSB.
Honors for Pagliarini, Sarkar and Thompson
Pagliarini is named an HHMI investigator, Sarkar is awarded the Order of Canada and Thompson receives a UMass BRIDGE grant.