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May 2000
Three at UCSF Named Howard Hughes Investigators Three UCSF faculty members were among 48 scientists selected in a national competition to be appointed Howard Hughes Medical Institution (HHMI) investigators. The UCSF scientists named yesterday (May 8) by HHMI are: Jason G. Cyster, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology; Erin K. O’Shea, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics; and Jonathan S. Weissman, PhD, assistant professor or cellular and molecular pharmacology. They will join 305 HHMI investigators across the United States, a group whose honors last year included the Nobel Prize and the Lasker Prize. Earlier this month, nine HHMI investigators were elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Those selected include 12 in the field of computational biology – a new initiative by the Institute to pursue the growing opportunities at the confluence of biology and computing, in areas such as genomics, cognitive neuroscience and the folding of biomolecules. The 48 new investigators must now be formally appointed. Assuming that all of them are able to accept the appointment, the HHMI scientific staff will increase to 353 investigators, based at 72 medical schools, universities and research institutes nationwide. The Institute is a medical research organization that enters into long-term research collaboration agreements with universities and other academic research organizations, where its investigators hold faculty appointments. Under these agreements, HHMI investigators and their teams, who are employees of the Institute, carry out research with considerable freedom and flexibility in HHMI laboratories located on the various campuses. The Institute invited more than 200 U.S. institutions involved in biomedical research to nominate outstanding biomedical scientists to be considered for appointment as HHMI investigators. This year, 430 nominations were received. The initiative in computational biology complements the biomedical research that Hughes investigators have traditionally carried out in fields such as cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience and structural biology. During the past few years, HHMI scientists have made significant discoveries related to heart disease, cancer, AIDS, diabetes, tuberculosis, obesity and many other medical problems. Links: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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