Biochemist Kimble elected National Academy councilor

Judith Kimble, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of biochemistry and genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been elected to a three-year term as councilor for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

Kimble was one of four new councilors elected to the 17-member NAS governing body.

NAS is a private, nonprofit institution that provides science advice under a congressional charter. With about 2,000 members in the United States and 350 foreign associates, NAS is recognized as one of the leading scientific bodies in the world. Members are elected, recognition considered to be one of the highest honors that can be accorded to a scientist or engineer.