Duke University Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

	GENETIC MUTATION DURING DEVELOPMENT CAUSES PORT-WINE STAINS AND STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME - Researchers have identified a variant of the gene GNAQ as the mutation that causes defects.
	DUKE HONORS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, JOHN R. PERFECT -Three members of the Duke School of Medicine faculty, including John R. Perfect, MD, were named to endowed professorships by Duke University.
	WILLARD ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - Hunt Willard, PhD, Nanaline H. Duke Professsor and founding director of the Duke IGSP, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Training Spotlight
	SIX GRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS - Five graduate students have received NSF fellowships and one has received a Broad Biomedical Research Foundation award.