Bruce McClure, Doug Randall, and Gary Stacey elected AAAS fellows
Jan. 2, 2009
Three MU Biochemistry faculty members have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They are among 486 new Fellows elected this year. These individuals received this honor for their efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or fostering applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished, according to the AAAS.
This years Fellows are:
Bruce McClure, professor of biochemistry, for distinguished contributions to plant biology, particularly S-RNase-based self-incompatibility, and for distinguished contributions to public understanding of science.
Douglas Randall, professor emeritus of biochemistry, for distinguished research contributions to the understanding of reversible enzyme phosphorylation in plant cells and administrative contributions supporting the advancement of plant biology research.
Gary Stacey, professor of plant sciences, for distinguished contributions to the field of plant biology and plant-microbe interactions, particularly for advancements in our understanding of symbiotic nitrogen fixation and soybean genomics.
The new AAAS Fellows were announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science on Dec. 19, 2008. The new Fellows will be officially honored at the association’s annual meeting, which will take place in Chicago on Feb. 14, 2009, during the AAAS Fellows Forum. The Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering respectively) rosette pin. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal, Science.
Please join us in congratulating them on this well-deserved honor!