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An eminent cancer researcher and former director of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a leading professor of immunology have been selected as members of the National Academy of Sciences – one of the highest honors that can be accorded an American scientist – in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
This year's class, which the Academy announced April 29, 2014, comprised 84 new members and 21 foreign associates, including the two from UCSF:
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Jason G. Cyster, PhD, is a UCSF professor of microbiology and immunology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is renowned for his research into the molecular cues that guide immune cells to identify pathogens and migrate within the lymphoid system to create immune responses. His lab also uses advanced imaging techniques to visualize the dynamics of this process within the lymph nodes, spleen and other lymphoid tissues, to understand how immune cells travel from the lymph system to the site of infection and gain fundamental insights into the immune response.
McCormick and Cyster bring the total number of past and present UCSF members of the esteemed scientific academy to 49. The Academy currently has 2,214 total active members and 444 foreign associates, including this year's designees.