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Awards
CSO Rino Rappuoli, PhD, elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 17th, 2005
Chiron Corp. (CHIR) announced that the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), at its annual meeting, elected Rino Rappuoli, PhD, for membership in the academy as a foreign associate. Rappuoli, chief scientific officer (CSO) of Chiron and head of research for Chiron vaccines, was named along with 17 other foreign associates and 72 new U.S. members. NAS, a private, nonprofit society established in 1863, now has 1976 active members and 360 foreign associates. Rappuoli is known for his work in vaccines and immunology. He co-founded the field of cellular microbiology, a discipline combining cell biology and microbiology, and pioneered the genomic...
Source: Drug Week (2005-06-17)
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