{"id":642,"date":"2017-11-20T20:20:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/csb\/?p=642"},"modified":"2017-11-20T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:20:57","slug":"borden-lacy-elected-aaas-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/csb\/2017\/11\/20\/borden-lacy-elected-aaas-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Borden Lacy elected AAAS fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Center for Structural Biology core faculty member Borden Lacy<\/a>, Ph.D., has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/a> (AAAS).<\/p>\n Dr. Lacy is among fifteen ÎåÒ»²è¹Ý¶ù researchers and 396 fellows nationwide to be distinguished by their peers this year.\u00a0 They will be recognized on Feb. 18 at the AAAS annual meeting in Chicago.<\/p>\n
Dr. Lacy, the Edward and Nancy Fody Chair in Pathology in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and professor of biochemistry, is honored for contributions to the field of bacterial pathogenesis, particularly for the structures of bacterial toxins and the understanding of their interactions with the host.<\/p>\n