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Michael Aizenman, professor of mathematics and physics, Princeton University James P. Allison, professor of immunology and director, Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley Neil W. Ashcroft, associate director, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source; Horace B. White Professor of Physics, Cornell University Charles H. Bennett, IBM Fellow, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Webster K. Cavenee, director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research;

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Michael Aizenman, professor of mathematics and physics, Princeton University James P. Allison, professor of immunology and director, Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley Neil W. Ashcroft, associate director, Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source; Horace B. White Professor of Physics, Cornell University Charles H. Bennett, IBM Fellow, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Webster K. Cavenee, director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego Sylvia T. Ceyer, John C. Sheehan Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gerald R. Crabtree, investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); professor of pathology and developmental biology, School of Medicine, Stanford U. Rodney B. Croteau, prof. of biochem., Institute of Biological Chemistry; Arthur M. and Kate E. Tode Distinguished Professor of Forest Biochemistry, Washington State U. Robert F. Curl, Robert C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Natural Science, department of chemistry, Rice University, Houston Tanya M. ...

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