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June 2000
Young Researcher Selected Biomedical Sciences Scholar
The scholars were named by The Pew Charitable Trusts, a national philanthropy based in Philadelphia. All are junior faculty members at medical schools and research institutions across the US. Each will receive a total award of $240,000 to help support research over a four-year period. "These young scientists are the lifeblood of the research community," said Rebecca W. Rimel, president of The Pew Charitable Trusts. "After 15 years of funding the Scholars Program, we continue to see great value in nurturing outstanding young scientists to become tomorrow's leading investigators at the forefront of their fields." The awards are granted to young investigators who show outstanding promise in the basic and clinical sciences. They are intended to encourage scholarly innovation in their research and to help them advance the state of knowledge in the biomedical sciences. Mullins’ laboratory studies the regulation and dynamics of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton, particularly how motile cells establish polarity and use actin polymerization to propel themselves forward. This process is responsible for correct development of multicellular organisms, wound healing; proper function of the immune system, and for remodeling and regeneration in the nervous system. Loss of regulation of this process can contribute to invasion and spread of cancerous cells, so understanding the mechanics and regulation of this motility is fundamental to understanding many basic biological processes. This year, nominations for the scholars program were received from more than 120 institutions. Links: |
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Dyche Mullins, PhD, assistant professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology,
is one of 20 promising researchers to be selected as 2000 Pew Scholars
in the Biomedical Sciences.