Three scientists affiliated with Johns Hopkins have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow. Election is an honor bestowed upon members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by their peers. This year 376 members were recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

George D. Rose, a professor in the Krieger School's Biophysics Department, was cited for "distinguished contributions to the field of protein conformation and folding," and Harry C. Dietz III, a professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, for "identification of the genetic basis of Marfan's syndrome and the influence of nonsense mutations on gene expression."

Peter C. Agre, a visiting professor in the School of Medicine's Biological Chemistry Department, was recognized "for discovery of the aquaporin water channel proteins as regulators of water balance and for identification of their structure, function and importance in human disease," work for which he received the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Agre is now vice chancellor for science and technology at Duke University Medical Center.

New fellows will be inducted on Feb. 18 at the Fellows Forum during the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Mo.

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