Rothman at Oval Office gathering

Yale’s James Rothman, fourth from right, and six other recipients of 2010 Kavli Prizes met President Barack Obama on June 6 in a White House ceremony to celebrate their achievements. Rothman, the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, was one of three recipients of the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.

The Kavli Prizes are a partnership between the Kavli Foundation the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.