Dr. Bryan Traynor of NIA’s Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Dr. Rosa Rademakers of the Mayo Clinic have been awarded the 2016 Potamkin Prize for their contributions to research in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s and related neuromuscular diseases.
Dr. Matthew W. Kelley, chief of the Laboratory of Cochlear Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, has been named president of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Dr. Dorit Zuk recently joined NIGMS as new director of its Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology (GDB). She is a molecular biologist whose research has focused on muscle development and RNA metabolism.