Big Ups to Dan Bear, who was recently awarded a three-year National Science Foundation fellowship to support his work in the lab on the transcriptomics of neurons in the olfactory system. PIN student (and former roton) Alex Wiltschko also bagged one of the prizes. Per the NSF website, "The ranks of NSF Fellows include individuals who have made transformative breakthroughs in science and engineering research and have become leaders in their chosen careers and Nobel laureates."