Jim Giovannoni (SIPS Section of Plant Biology Adjunct Faculty) was among 84 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 3. Giovannoni, BTI staff member and plant molecular biologist with ARS, researches the genetics and regulation of fruit ripening, with particular focus on tomato. Ripening involves thousands of genes and is closely associated with fruit quality and nutritional content.
Giovannoni was listed among Thomson Reuters 2015 list of “Most Influential Scientific Minds” and together with other members of the BTI Tomato & Fruit Biology group, was awarded the USDA Secretary of Agriculture Award in 2014.
Patrick Stover, professor and director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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