Helen Blau Inducted to Austrian Academy of Sciences
Helen M. Blau, PhD was inducted into the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the annual Ceremonial Session which took place on May 17, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
During this session the Academy reported on its activities of the previous year and introduced all new members. This year, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kronos Bio, Inc. and developer of the influenza drug “Tamiflu”, Norbert Bischofberger, gave the keynote speech entitled “Von Mellau in die Welt, ein Wissenschaftler als Gründer”.
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) is Austria’s largest non-university research and science institution. Its statutory mission is to “promote science in every way”.
Founded in 1847 as a learned society, today the OeAW has over 760 members and 1,800 employees dedicated to innovative basic research, interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and the dissemination of new insights with the aim of contributing to progress in science and society as a whole.
Austrian Academy of Sciences
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