![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106232253im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Three NSF-funded Biologists Receive Prestigious MacArthur Fellowships
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September 27, 2007
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Three National Science Foundation-funded biologists are among the 25 MacArthur Fellows for 2007: 1) Michael Elowitz, a molecular biologist at the California Institute of Technology; 2) Cheryl Hayashi, a spider silk biologist at the University of California, Riverside; and 3) Claire Kremen, a conservation biologist at the University of California, Berkely. Commonly known as the "genius award," the MacArthur Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards in the nation.
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Source The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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