Martin Chalfie Elected Fellow of Prestigious Science Society

Four Columbia University faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s oldest, largest and most prestigious scientific societies.

Martin Chalfie, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences, was selected for contributions to the fields of neurobiology and developmental biology, particularly for dissecting pathways underlying mechanosensation, and for developing innovative methods for fluorescently marking live cells.

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