The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of Fellow to 401 of its members this year. Three members of the Duke University School of Medicine faculty are being recognized for distinguished scientific and societal efforts.
New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin during the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Jose, CA, in February.
The Duke University School of Medicine faculty members are:
Christopher M. Counter, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, for discoveries of how cancer cells become immortal by telomerase and are transformed by the RAS oncogene.
Bruce Alan Sullenger, PhD, the Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor in the Department of Surgery and Director of the Duke Translational Research Institute, for contributions to the field of translational medicine and research including the development of RNA aptamers as controllable ways to prevent blood clotting.
Fan Wang, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Cell Biology, for contributions to the field of somatosensory perception, particularly for the development of genetic engineering technologies to solve intractable problems.