St. Jude Scientist Charles Mullighan Elected to the Royal Society of London

Leicester cosmic explosion expert among scientists elected Royal Society Fellows

A scientist who studies the Universe’s largest and brightest explosion is to become a bright light himself, as he receives one of science’s highest honours. Professor Nial Tanvir from the University of Leicester has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.  An expert on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most luminous and violent explosions known to science, Professor Tanvir studies the most distant o…

St. Jude Scientist Charles Mullighan Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of

In a monumental stride for pediatric cancer research, Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD, senior deputy director at the St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center and an esteemed member of its Department of Pathology, has received one of science’s highest honors: election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. This historic institution, renowned as the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous operation since 1660, recognizes Mullig…

St. Jude Scientist Charles Mullighan Elected to the Royal Society of London

Mullighan was selected to join the Royal Society for his trailblazing contributions to genomic research, which have advanced the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of acute leukemia, notably childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).