Rosenbaum, Joel L.

Joel L. Rosenbaum, Ph.D., professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, has won the E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). The Wilson Medal, the society’s highest scientific honor, is awarded for “significant and far-reaching contributions to cell biology over the course of a career.” Rosenbaum has made fundamental discoveries about the assembly and function of cilia and flagella, and particularly the role of cilia in polycystic kidney disease, during a scientific career spanning five decades.