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Research Briefings
A Sampling of the Work of Members
Elected in 2008
National Academy of Sciences
Saturday, April 25, 2009
This session, held during the Academy's 146th Annual Meeting, highlighted the research of some of its newest members.
Welcome
John Brauman
Home Secretary, National Academy of Sciences
 Microbial Planet
Edward DeLong
Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 Video presentation
 Immortality vs. Commitment: How stem cells build bodies
Margaret Fuller
Reed-Hodgson Professor in Human Biology and
Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics
Department of Developmental Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Video presentation
 Bubbles
José Scheinkman
Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Princeton University
Video presentation
 Using Math and Algorithms to Make the Internet Scale
Tom Leighton
Professor, Applied Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Video presentation
 Sensing Infection
Bruce Beutler
Professor and Chair
Department of Genetics
The Scripps Research Institute
Video presentation
 New Dimensions to Particle Physics
Lisa Randall
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Department of Physics
Harvard University
Video presentation
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