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                                            Contact: Marguerite Beck

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Aug. 11 -- Dr. David Brautigan, director of 
the Markey Center for Cell Signaling at the University of Virginia School of 
Medicine, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the governing 
council of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(ASBMB), 
a national professional organization. He has been active in the ASBMB for 
years, including chairing its Human Resources Committee and overseeing and 
coordinating the activity of the Educational, Womens' and Minorities 
Committees.
	As head of the Markey Center, a biomedical research center, 
Brautigan studies how cells respond to external signals. 
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                                                August 10, 1995