HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE | 2011 ANNUAL REPORT

Medical Advisory Board

David Baltimore, Ph.D.
President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
(Effective April 1, 2011)
J. Michael Bishop, M.D.
Director, G.W. Hooper Foundation and University Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Michael R. Botchan, Ph.D.
Chairman
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
Co-Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Gerald R. Fink, Ph.D.
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor
American Cancer Society Professor of Genetics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(Effective January 1, 2011)
Rowena G. Matthews, Ph.D.
G. Robert Greenberg Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry and Research Professor Emeritus
Life Sciences Institute
University of Michigan
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
President, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
(Effective January 1, 2011)
Janet Rossant, Ph.D.
Chief of Research
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.
Director, Bio-X
Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
James H. Clark Center
Stanford University
(Through December 31, 2011)
Bruce Stillman, Ph.D., F.R.S.
President and CEO
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Craig B. Thompson, M.D.
President and CEO
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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Scientific Review Board

Wolfhard Almers, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Mary Beckerle, Ph.D.
Ralph E. and Willa T. Main Presidential Professor
Executive Director, Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah
Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
William A. Catterall, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Tumor Microenvironment Program
Director of Academic Affairs
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Richard H. Goodman, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vollum Institute
Oregon Health and Science University
Alan Hall, Ph.D.
Chairman
Cell Biology Program
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Margaret K. Hostetter, M.D.
Albert B. Sabin Professor and Director
Division of Infectious Diseases
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Richard D. Kolodner, Ph.D.
Member
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Executive Director for Laboratory Science and Technology
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York
(Through June 30, 2011)
Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Lynn Landmesser, Ph.D.
Garvin Professor and Chair
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D.
President-Elect
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
Gail R. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Anatomy
University of California, San Francisco
Diane Mathis, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
W. James Nelson, Ph.D.
Rudy J. and Daphne Donohue Munzer Professor
Department of Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
James H. Clark Center
The Bio-X Program
Stanford University
Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Developmental Biology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Gregory A. Petsko, D.Phil.
Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Brandeis University
Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D.
Member
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Center for Brain Science
Harvard University
Robert T. Sauer, Ph.D.
Salvador E. Luria Professor
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Schlissel, Ph.D.
Provost
Brown University
David W. Tank, Ph.D.
Henry L. Hillman Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Co-Director, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
(Through June 30, 2011)
David C. Van Essen, Ph.D.
Edison Professor and Head
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Christopher T. Walsh, Ph.D.
Hamilton Kuhn Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
Huntington F. Willard, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences
Duke University

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Science Education Advisory Board

Bruce M. Alberts, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco
Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.
HHMI Investigator
Squibb Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Carol T. Christ, Ph.D.
President
Smith College
Carol A. Gross, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Cell and Tissue Biology
University of California, San Francisco
David W. Oxtoby, Ph.D.
President
Pomona College
Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D.
President
Princeton University
Ronald D. Vale, Ph.D.
HHMI Investigator
Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
William B. Wood, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado at Boulder

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Janelia Farm Research Campus Advisory Committee

Jennifer Tour Chayes, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Microsoft Research New England
Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
Regental Professor and Chairman
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Eve Marder, Ph.D.
Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfeld Professor of Neuroscience
Volen Center and Biology Department
Head, Division of Science
Brandeis University
Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D.
Chair
Vice President
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Executive Director
Janelia Farm Research Campus
Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.
Director, Bio-X
Sapp Family Provostial Professor
Professor of Biology and Neurobiology
James H. Clark Center
Stanford University
David W. Tank, Ph.D.
Henry L. Hillman Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Co-Director, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
K. VijayRaghavan, Ph.D.
Director
National Centre of Biological Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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