Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 5, 2004|Volume 33, Number 10

Yale scientists honored for their research

Three Yale faculty members -- Ronald R. Breaker, Andrew D. Hamilton and Karl Ulrich Mayer -- have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Elevation of AAAS members to the rank of fellow honors their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. The three Yale scientists are among the 308 new fellows selected this year; they will be formally inducted on Feb. 19 during the annual meeting of the AAAS in Washington, D.C.

The Yale fellows and the areas of expertise for which they are being honored are:

Ronald Breaker, associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology: For the discovery of and studies on riboswitches, cis-acting RNA sequences that respond to cellular metabolites to regulate gene expression.

Andrew D. Hamilton, Yale Provost, the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry: For pioneering achievements in bioorganic chemistry, especially in artificial receptor design, catalyst development, enzyme inhibition, peptidomimetic and protemimetic design, protein-protein interactions, and signal transduction.

Karl Ulrich Mayer, professor of sociology: For empirical studies of comparative social inequality and mobility in Europe, leading to new theories of political economy, and of state policy and life chances.

The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society. Founded in 1848, it serves 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, and 10 million individuals. Its mission is to "advance science and serve society" through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education and more. The AAAS is also the publisher of the journal Science which has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of one million. The AAAS also publishes the latest research news on EurekAlert! at www.eurekalert.org.

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