About the Author
Nancy L Craig is Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a recipient of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Orna Cohen-Fix is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, and the Co-Director of the NIH/Johns Hopkins University Graduate Partnership Program. She is the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and an Association of Women in Science Mentoring Award for her work on promoting the retention of women in science.
Rachel Green is Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the recipient of a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Graduate Teaching Award.
Nobel Laureate Carol Greider is Professor and Director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, and the Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. In 2009, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak for the discovery of telomerase.
Gisela Storz is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the American Society for Microbiology Eli Lilly Award.
Cynthia Wolberger is Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a recipient of the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award of the Protein Society.