Members in the News
Members in the News
ASCB Members are being acknowledged for all the great work they are doing for science, the community, and the world. Please help us congratulate the following members for their accomplishments.
New National Academy of Sciences Members
The National Academy of Sciences elected 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, including the following ASCB Members:
- Susan Dutcher, Washington University
- William Earnshaw, The University of Edinburgh
- Margaret Goodell, Baylor College
- Mark Hochstrasser, Yale University
- Yukiko Yamashita, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Academy Members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected nearly 250 individuals to the Academy in 2025 including the following ASCB Members:
- Frances Brodsky, University College London
- Bob Goldstein, UNC Chapel Hill
- Valentina Greco, Yale School of Medicine
2024 AAAS Fellows
AAAS elected 471 members as Fellows including the following ASCB Members:
- Celeste A. Berg, University of Washington
- David Bilder, University of California, Berkeley
- Fred Chang, University of California, San Francisco
- Velia M. Fowler, University of Delaware
- Soni Lacefield, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- Michael Levin, Tufts University
- Helen McNeill, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis/Washington University School of Medicine
- Tim Schedl, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- Sidney L. Shaw, Indiana University Bloomington
- Anne Spang*, University of Basel (Switzerland)
- Aaron F. Straight, Stanford University
- Tina L. Tottle, University of Iowa
- Matthew J. Tyska, Vanderbilt University
*ASCB Member and Editor for Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) journal.
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Appoint King Commander of the Order of St. Lucia
ASCB Member and 2019 E.E. Just Award recipient, Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has been named a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Lucia, an honor established by Queen Elizabeth II.
At the University of Connecticut, he holds the titles of University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He also serves as Professor of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. In addition, he is the Chief Executive Officer of The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering.
Crystal Rogers has been named one of the 2024-25 UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellows
Crystal is a developmental biologist whose research focuses on neural crest cells and their role in embryonic development. She studies the mechanisms that drive formation of these cells across different species, using chicks, quail, peafowl and axolotls as animal models. Her neural crest cells studies contribute to our understanding of craniofacial development and birth defects.
“She is one of the shining lights of cell, molecular and developmental biology and her contributions will continue to inspire us for generations to come.” George Lanford, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Syracuse University.