KI professor elected as international member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Klas Kärre, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Immunology at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, has been elected as an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences.
The Academy was founded in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Dallas Bache, and today has 2,662 American members and 556 international members. Eight of the latter are Swedish, and four are affiliated with Karolinska Institutet.
"This is a great honor, I feel very honored and proud to have been elected by my American colleagues. I hope that I can contribute to the work of the Academy," says Klas Kärre.
The Academy is an independent and autonomous organization that serves as an "advisor to the nation on scientific, technical, and medical issues." This is achieved through a number of different programs, scientific meetings, courses, committees for specific issues, awarding of prizes and honors, and the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.