Academy elects Brun as microbiology fellow

IU-Bloomington microbiologist Yves Brun has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Brun was elected “through a highly selective, peer-review process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology,” according to an IU press release.

His research brings perspectives from many branches of science and illuminates a wide variety of processes in bacteria.

His work with Caulobacter crescentus is also receiving recognition.

“It is a well-deserved honor for Yves, who has provided tremendous leadership to our department and to the Microbiology Faculty Section for many years and at the same time has maintained a highly productive lab performing cutting-edge research,” Biology Department Chair Roger Innes said in the release.

Brun’s election brings IU’s number of members of the American Academy of Microbiology to 12.

Other IU fellows include Carl Bauer, Gail Cassell, Malcolm Winkler and Stanley Spinola, who were elected last year, as well as past honorees Karen Bush, Patricia Foster, Howard Gest, George Hegeman, Arthur Koch, James Smith, Milton Taylor and Eugene Weinberg.

Brun is invited to attend an event at the Society’s annual meeting in May.
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— Lindsey Erdody