This year’s Annual Meeting will be held from Friday, April 25 through Sunday, April 27. Although in-person attendance is limited to NAS members, several sessions and ceremonies will be livestreamed ...

Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) organizes a diverse set of activities that explore the intersections among the arts, science, medicine, engineering, and popular culture.

A full playlist of all symposium sessions may be found here.

In contrast to our detailed understanding of genomes, the inheritance of differences in gene expression between cells and tissues and how they are mediated by histones, transcription factors and other ...

My research program aims to understand the genetic underpinning of early lineage development in the mouse embryo in order to understand human embryo development and stem cell origins. My particular ...

Rodolphe Barrangou Ph.D. is the T. R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor in Probiotics Research at North Carolina State University. Rodolphe spent 9 years in R&D and M&A at Danisco and DuPont, and ...

Dr. Zhang is a molecular biologist focused on developing tools to better understand brain function and treat neurological and psychiatric disorders. He played an integral role in the creation of two ...

I have been engaged since 1990 in the more philosophical aspects of science. Geology being a science with a temporal dimension, I have been searching for a physical theory of time. My search has ...

As an aerospace engineering professor and consultant, I have studied the mechanics and control of spacecraft, aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and robots. In particular I have studied optimal flight ...

My research efforts are focused on the genetic and biochemical basis of stable maintenance of plasmids in bacteria. Particular attention is placed on the biochemical interactions between a replication ...

My research deals with mechanisms of T cell development and activation. For the past several years our focus has been on the interaction of antigen receptor and costimulatory signals. Recent work has ...

Lindy Elkins-Tanton studies the formation and subsequent evolution of rocky planets. She was born and grew up in Ithaca, New York, and now splits her time between Arizona and Massachusetts.