Cell Biologist Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

Andy Fell — May 20, 2025 - 10:44am

Neil Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the 51�Թϱ��, Davis, and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in London.

This prestigious appointment, announced May 20, was offered to only 70 scientists across the world.

“I’m thrilled and surprised,” said Hunter. “The acknowledgment means a great deal to me, because it’s an election by some of the best scientists in the world.

Close-Up View of DNA Replication Yields Surprises

Andy Fell — June 15, 2017 - 10:22am

Almost all life on earth is based on DNA being copied, or replicated, and understanding how this process works could lead to a wide range of discoveries in biology and medicine. Now for the first time scientists have been able to watch individual steps in the replication of a single DNA molecule, with some surprising findings. For one thing, there’s a lot more randomness at work than has been thought.

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Cell Biologist Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

Close-Up View of DNA Replication Yields Surprises