Microbiology
Study of microscopic organisms
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| 2025 | Awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. |
| February 7 2025 | The United States Department of Health and Human Services terminated a $168,000 contract for a Fauci museum exhibit at the National Institutes of Health. |
| January 20 2025 | President Biden preemptively pardons Fauci for potential future prosecution by an incoming Trump Administration. |
| January 20 2025 | Received an unprecedented pardon from President Biden just hours before leaving office. |
| January 19 2025 | President Biden preemptively pardoned Fauci for any potential federal offenses committed between January 1st, 2014 and the day of the pardon. |
| 2023 | Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. |
| 2023 | Received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Harvard. |
| 2023 |
Pan-genome
BRIDGEcereal was developed to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genome through gene model IDs.
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| 2023 |
Pan-genome
A draft human pangenome reference was published, based on 47 diploid genomes from individuals of varied ethnicity, marking a significant milestone in understanding human genetic diversity.
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| 2023 |
Uterine microbiome
Dr. Inmaculada Moreno and team published a follow-up paper revealing that specific pathogenic bacteria and depletion of Lactobacillus spp. in the endometrium correlate with impaired fertility.
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| 2023 |
Uterine microbiome
Dr. Walther-Antonio confirmed that Porphyromas somerae can invade endometrial cells, potentially contributing to the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer.
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| 2023 |
Uterine microbiome
Web of Science analysis revealed the highest number of scientific publications on the uterine microbiome, with a total of 23 papers published in this year.
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| 2023 | Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. |
| 2023 | Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star from Japan. |
| July 1 2023 | Fauci officially began his role as a distinguished professor at Georgetown University, teaching in the School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy. |
| June 26 2023 | Georgetown University announced that Fauci would join its faculty as a distinguished professor, teaching in both the School of Medicine and McCourt School of Public Policy. |
| 2022 | Joined Sixth Street Partners as their chief science advisor, focusing on guiding investment decisions related to CRISPR technology. |
| 2022 | Fierce Pharma featured Church among the most influential people in biopharma, highlighting his continued significance in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields. |
| 2022 | Continued as a principal editor of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, contributing to the 21st edition. |
| 2022 | The Columbus Center in Baltimore was renamed Rita Rossi Colwell Center in her honor |
| December 31 2022 | Stepped down from his roles as NIAID director and chief medical advisor. |
| August 22 2022 | Fauci announces he will step down from his position in December to 'pursue the next chapter' of his career. |
| June 2022 | Published 20 NFTs with his likeness instead of originally planned DNA NFTs, as part of a project to support genetic research using data from 15,000 individuals. |
| June 11 2022 | The College of the Holy Cross renamed its science complex to the Anthony S. Fauci Integrated Science Complex. |
| April 27 2022 | Fauci declared the United States was 'out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase' of COVID-19. |
| 2021 | Received the Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics from the Association for Molecular Pathology. Appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. |
| 2021 | Published research in Science Translational Medicine on engineered adeno-associated viral vectors that can evade innate immune and inflammatory responses. Co-founded Ally Therapeutics with a postdoc from his lab who was the first author of the research. |
| 2021 | Church joined as a co-founder of HLTH.network (formerly Shivom), a healthcare blockchain startup creating the world's first global genomics data sharing and analytics marketplace. |
| 2021 | Named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association. |
| 2021 | Began serving as chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden. |
| November 2021 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publishes a book criticizing Fauci, to which Fauci responds by describing Kennedy as 'a very disturbed individual'. |
| September 2021 | A documentary film titled 'Fauci' about his life and career is released by Magnolia Pictures and National Geographic Documentary Films. |
| September 13 2021 | Church co-founded Colossal Biosciences with entrepreneur Ben Lamm, a company dedicated to using genetic code to revive the woolly mammoth by equipping Asian elephants with mammoth traits. |
| May 2021 | Fauci says he is 'not convinced' COVID-19 originated naturally and calls for continued investigation into its origins. |
| March 23 2021 | Admitted as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. |
| January 2021 | After Biden's inauguration, Fauci expressed a 'liberating feeling' in being able to speak freely about science. |
| January 23 2021 | Fauci reveals he faced pushback from the White House for speaking scientific truth during the Trump administration. |
| 2020 | Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Emmanuelle Charpentier for the development of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology. |
| 2020 | Mammoth Biosciences successfully raised a series B round of funding, securing $45 million to support its technological development and expansion. |
| 2020 |
Pan-genome
Anvi'o multiomics platform became available, offering pangenomic and metapangenomic analysis with interactive visualization of genomes in concentrical circles.
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| 2020 |
Pan-genome
A computational comparison of pangenomic tools like GET_HOMOLOGUES, PanDelos, and Roary was conducted, analyzing their performance across different bacterial populations.
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| 2020 |
Pan-genome
New tools PPanGGOLiN and Panaroo introduced graphical representations of pangenomes showing gene contiguity.
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| 2020 |
Pan-genome
An open access book reviewing the pangenome concept and its implications, edited by Tettelin and Medini, was published in the spring.
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| 2020 | Brad Pitt performs as Fauci during the Saturday Night Live season, earning an Emmy nomination and praise from Fauci himself. |
| 2020 | Named Federal Employee of the Year by the Partnership for Public Service. |
| 2020 | Awarded the William Bowie Medal from the American Geophysical Union |
| December 3 2020 | President-elect Biden asks Fauci to serve as chief medical advisor, which Fauci accepts. |
| December 2 2020 | Fauci initially criticizes the UK's quick vaccine approval, then apologizes for his comments the next day. |
| October 2020 | Fauci criticizes the Great Barrington Declaration's herd immunity strategy as 'ridiculous' and 'very dangerous'. |
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