FlyBase wishes to recognize five colleagues who have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. These drosophilists are:

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  Utpal Banerjee

  Professor and chair, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
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  Claude Desplan

  Silver Professor, Professor of Biology and Neural Science of Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York City
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  Sarah C.R. Elgin

  Viktor Hamburger Professor of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Biology, of Biochemistry, of Genetics, and of Education; HHMI Professor; Washington University in St Louis.
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  Haifan Lin

  Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Genetics and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Departments of Cell Biology and Genetics, and Director, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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  Ginés Morata

  Research Professor, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Spain)

Congratulations to the new members!