Loros is one of 449 to receive the honor this year
Dartmouth Medical School Professor of Biochemistry and of Genetics Jennifer Loros was recently named
a fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed
upon AAAS members by their peers. This year, 449 members were awarded the honor
because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance
science or its applications. New Fellows will be honored at the 2007 AAAS Annual
Meeting in San Francisco.
Jennifer Loros (Photo by Joseph Mehling '69)
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As part of the section on biological sciences, Loros was elected as an AAAS
Fellow for her research on the molecular dissection of the circadian clock
using the mold model Neurospora crassa.
"I'm honored to be a part of this distinguished group, among the finest
scientists in the world," says Loros. "My colleagues' and my research
contributes to science's understanding of biological clocks, and it's rewarding
to be recognized for doing work that I find interesting and
important."
The tradition of AAAS fellows began in 1874. Currently, members can be
considered for the rank of fellow if nominated by the steering groups of the
association's 24 sections, or by any three fellows who are current AAAS members
(so long as two of the three sponsors are not affiliated with the nominee's
institution), or by the AAAS chief executive officer.
The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of
the journal Science. AAAS was
founded in 1848 and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of
science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid
circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an
estimated total readership of 1 million.
By SUSAN KNAPP
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