[Arabidopsis] Martienssen Elected to British Royal Society

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Rob Martienssen Elected to British Royal Society

http://www.royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=4719

Forty-four scientists have been recognised for their exceptional 
contributions to science, engineering and medicine with their 
election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society the UK national 
academy of science it was announced today (Friday 19 May 2006).

Following in the footsteps of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen 
Hawking, David Attenborough and Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the 
world wide web, the new Fellows have been elected from the UK and 
Commonwealth countries for their scientific excellence. They come 
from a wide range of fields including neuroscience, tropical 
medicine, astrophysics and quantum optics.