🎉 Congratulations to Joanna Wysocka on being elected to National Academy of Sciences! Joanna is an HHMI NEWS Investigator and a Professor and Research Director Stanford University! She received a #VilcekPrize for Creative Promise in 2013. #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM

Are you an early career faculty doing 1st rate, cutting-edge science?

Do you:
✅ Dream big
✅ Think about transformative science
✅ Want to train next gen scientists

If so, we invite you to apply to the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program.

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“My life has been full of directions I never imagined. As an 18-year-old refugee from Lebanon, I had no idea I would become a scientist, and certainly not the recipient of a Nobel Prize.” – 2021 medicine laureate Ardem Patapoutian Ardem Patapoutian.

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🎉Congratulations to our Board Member, The Vilcek Foundation Prizes juror, close friend, and cutting-edge #Tuberculosis researcher Heran Darwin, PhD elected to National Academy of Sciences! Read more about Heran at the following link! #WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM vilcek.org/about/our-team…

Congratulations Lee and Yasmin: Science and Art! Lee Ranaldo

At our upcoming Harpur Commencement ceremonies, two alumni will receive honorary degrees: internationally renowned neuroscientist Yasmin Hurd ’82 and musician, artist and writer Lee Ranaldo ’78. Learn more about this year’s honorary degree recipients here: tinyurl.com/mr3jj9n9

We're so excited to welcome Lauren Hagler, PhD this Fall! Dr. Hagler's research combines fundamental biophysics with drug discovery to predict the effect of RNA modifications on gene expression and to design new therapeutics and chemical probes for RNA-mediated diseases and processes! 👍

Congratulations Dr. Kelsey Martin for being elected to National Academy of Sciences today!! From MD-PhD to Peace Corps work in Democratic Republic of Congo, to first woman Dean of UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and now leading the autism and neuroscience program Simons Foundation

Congratulations Dr. Heran Darwin Heran Darwin, PhD for your election to National Academy of Sciences today. Not only are you an amazing scientist but you also hang out with the coolest people The Vilcek Foundation Padma Lakshmi

Congratulations to Ann Hochschild, Heran Darwin, Graham Hatful, Michael Diamond, Celia Schiffer, Paul Beniasz, June Kwon-Chung and Carol Carter on your election to the National Academy of Sciences! National Academy of Sciences.
Got us some microbiology in there!

Congratulations to Kristen Harris (UT Neuroscience NaturalSciences @ UT UT Austin ), who just got elected to National Academy of Sciences !

Olivia Goldman (Olivia Goldman PhD) and Sarah Cai (@SarahWCai) have been named Schmidt Science Fellows. Congratulations!

Learn about their science ambitions beyond Rockefeller here: schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/eric-and-…

🥳Congratulations to all the new members of the National Academy of Sciences, including those from the HHMI community: Paul Bieniasz, Flaminia Catteruccia, Graham Hatfull, Oliver Hobert, Tim Ryan, Keiko Torii, and Joanna Wysocka!

Receiving the Public Welfare Medal sends 'a clear message that women are essential to America's scientific mission and excellence,' says Nancy Hopkins as she closes her acceptance speech. 'It's a historic statement.' #NASAward #NAS161 youtube.com/watch?v=5hNQt4…

Happy 91st birthday Willie Nelson! Big thanks to you and Annie for your support, confidence in science, and inspiration. Keep on rocking and inspiring us all! UT Southwestern Medical Center BioAnnie 🦋 Loves Justice ☮️#VOTE Willie Nelson

The government of Japan is honoring HHMI Investigator Prof. Keiko Torii with a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon.

The award is given to those who made extraordinary contributions to the arts & sciences. The Emperor of Japan will confer the honor at the Imperial Palace on May 13th.

We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 24 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research.

Congratulations to our new #NASmembers and welcome to the Academy!

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Magee for being announced as a recipient of BCMHouston's 2024 Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Awards for his pioneering work in learning and memory #synaptic #plasticity BCM Department of Neuroscience HHMI NEWS Texas Children's

The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars application is due in 🚨 THREE WEEKS 🚨 - don't forget to get your applications in by 3pm EST on MAY 15!!

For program and application questions and to submit your application, go here: hhmi.news/3Wj6NJ7