Nusse has been named a fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy. The Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Professor in Cancer Research and professor of developmental biology is honored for his research on the Wnt signaling pathway, including the initial discovery and purification of Wnt family proteins, and for subsequently unraveling their significance in physiological development, stem cell biology, tissue regeneration and carcinogenesis.
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