ASPB member Michael R. Blatt has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellow for 2006. He is the Regius Professor of Botany and Head of Plant Sciences at the University of Glasgow and is one of the 187 recipients selected from nearly 3000 applicants. His area of expertise is the roles and means of membrane transport of proteins in cellular homeostasis as well as plant cell signaling and ion channel structure.

The fellowships are given to professionals in the natural and social sciences, humanities, and creative arts as an incentive to pursue unrestricted research. A total of $7.5 million was awarded this year.

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