To accelerate breakthroughs, the Damon Runyon Foundation provides today's best young scientists with funds to pursue innovative cancer research.
April 25, 2006
Election to the National Academy of Sciences is one of the highest honors that can be earned by a U.S. scientist. In recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original biomedical research, 11 members of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation circle were inducted this April:
DAMON RUNYON FELLOWS
David W. Russell, PhD ('80-'82) Eugene McDermott Distinguished Chair in Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Richard M. Amasino, PhD ('82-'83) Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
DAMON RUNYON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Terry L. Orr-Weaver, PhD (Scientific Advisory Committee '02-'06 and DR Sponsor) Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology, MIT, Cambridge
Jeffrey V. Ravetch, MD, PhD (Scientific Advisory Committee) Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York
DAMON RUNYON FELLOWSHIP SPONSORS
David Baker, PhD- Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
Don W. Cleveland, PhD- Professor of Medicine, Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Titia de Lange, PhD- Leon Hess Professor, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York
Joseph R. Ecker, PhD- Professor, Plant Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego
Barry S. Ganetzky, PhD- Professor of Genetics and Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael E. O'Donnell, PhD- Professor of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York
Arthur D. Riggs, PhD- Director, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte