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Congratulations Richard O. Hynes, Erkki Ruoslahti, and Timothy A. Springer, 2022 #LaskerAward winners! — “for discoveries concerning the #integrins —key mediators of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in physiology and disease”. @MIT @sbpdiscovery @harvardmed #Lasker2022

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Congratulations to @DemisHassabis and John Jumper, 2023 #LaskerAward winners! – “for the invention of #AlphaFold , a revolutionary technology for predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins”. #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology

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Congratulations to Zhijian “James” Chen, 2024 #LaskerAward winner! – “for the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that senses foreign and self DNA, solving the mystery of how DNA stimulates immune and inflammatory responses.” #Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate

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Congratulations Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth, 2021 #LaskerAward winners!—“for the discovery of light-sensitive proteins that can activate or silence individual neurons and for their use in #optogenetics —a revolutionary neuroscience technique” #Lasker2021

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The 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors Max D. Cooper and Jacques Miller for their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells—the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system.

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Join us NOW to see the winners of the Basic Award!—Dieter Oesterhelt of @MPI_Biochem , Peter Hegemann of @HumboldtUni , and @KarlDeisseroth of @StanfordMed —for “light-sensitive microbial proteins and #optogenetics ” #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate #LaskerAward

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Join us NOW to see the winners of the Clinical Award!—Katalin Karikó of @BioNTech_Group and University of Pennsylvania and Drew Weissman of @PennMedicine —for “modified #mRNA vaccines” #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate #LaskerAward

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Read the story of the integrins in @CellCellPress #Lasker2022

The gripping story of integrins

The foundational research recognized by this year’s Lasker Basic Science Research Award “for discoveries concerning the integrins—key mediators of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in physiology and...

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C. David Allis and Michael Grunstein won the 2018 Basic #LaskerAward for discovering how histone modifications influence gene expression. @RockefellerUniv @UCLA In just 5 days, we reveal the scientific breakthroughs recognized this year. #Lasker2024

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Congratulations Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, 2022 #LaskerAward winner! — “for the discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood, leading to noninvasive #prenataltesting for Down syndrome.” @CUHKofficial #Lasker2022 #LaskerLaureate

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Congratulations to Piet Borst, 2023 #LaskerAward winner! – “for an exceptional 50-year career of scientific discovery, mentorship, and leadership”. #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate #mtDNA #mitochondria #trypanosomes

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“I’ve always felt that you had to be better overall than the men. And that’s true of all women, I think,” said 2018 #LaskerLaureate Joan Steitz from @Yale . “That’s not fair; and that’s where we need to be fighting.” @SteitzLab

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We are pleased to announce the 2018 #LaskerAwards winners! C. David Allis from @RockefellerUniv and Michael Grunstein from @UCLA , John B. Glen from @AstraZeneca , and Joan Argetsinger Steitz @SteitzLab from @Yale

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Today, we announced that Joan Argetsinger Steitz @SteitzLab of @Yale won the 2018 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science for her pioneering work in RNA biology and excellent mentorship of young scientists. Congratulations!

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Congratulations Lauren Gardner, 2022 #LaskerAward winner! — “for creating the #COVID19 Dashboard, which set a new standard for disseminating authoritative public health data in real time.” @JohnsHopkins #Lasker2022 #LaskerLaureate

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Congratulations @kkariko and Drew @WeissmanLab , 2021 #LaskerAward winners!—“for the discovery of a new therapeutic technology based on the modification of messenger RNA—enabling rapid development of highly effective Covid 19 vaccines” #RNAbiology #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate

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The 2024 #LaskerAward winners are: Basic: Zhijian “James” Chen Clinical: Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Svetlana Mojsov Public Service: Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim Abdool Karim Learn about their scientific breakthroughs in these animated videos:

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Congratulations, Freddy E. Escorcia, 2021 @NIH #Lasker Clinical Research Scholar! Freddy is dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment for patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary cancers. @freddyeescorcia

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Happy birthday, C. David Allis! He received a #LaskerAward in 2018 for discoveries elucidating how gene expression is influenced by chemical modification of #histones —the proteins that package DNA within chromosomes. @RockefellerUniv

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Congratulations to this year’s #LaskerAward winners! Basic: Zhijian “James” Chen Clinical: Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Svetlana Mojsov Public Service: Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim Abdool Karim #Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate #UTSWMed #NovoNordisk

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Congratulations to Joel Habener, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, and Svetlana Mojsov, 2024 #LaskerAward winners! – “for the discovery and development of GLP-1-based drugs that have revolutionized the treatment of #obesity .” #Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate #NovoNordisk

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An unexpectedly large number of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells, according to a new study in @NatureCancer . @broadinstitute @DanaFarber

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Learn more about James Allison's groundbreaking work in developing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for treating #cancer .

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Happy birthday @sciam !! 170 years of bringing science to the public. #sciam170 http://t.co/aTDiz9LTgz

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The Human Cell Atlas aims to create a “Google map” of the human body by making 3D maps of every human cell. This will allow #scientists to better understand, diagnose & treat many diseases. @sangerinstitute @broadinstitute @karolinskainst @riken_en

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Happy birthday to Solomon H. Snyder! He won a #LaskerAward for identifying opioid receptors and developing techniques to determine their precise localization. @JohnsHopkins

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The 2016 Lasker Basic Award is given to William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, and Gregg Semenza

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Congratulations to this year’s #LaskerAward winners! Basic: Demis Hassabis and John Jumper Clinical: James G. Fujimoto, David Huang, and Eric A. Swanson Special Achievement: Piet Borst Read about their Award-winning work: #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate

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Congratulations to C. David Allis of @RockefellerUniv and Michael Grunstein of @UCLA who won the 2018 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for discovering how histone modifications influence gene expression.

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Congratulations to all the 2021 #LaskerAward winners! — Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann, and @KarlDeisseroth ; Katalin Karikó ( @kkariko ) and Drew Weissman ( @WeissmanLab ); David Baltimore Missed the announcement? You can still see the video at #Lasker2021

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A diet high in fructose (but not glucose) can damage mitochondrial function in the liver, making it more difficult to metabolize fat, according to a new study in @Cell_Metabolism . @JoslinDiabetes

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“She had the dedication to grow a field that seemed initially to be of secondary importance.” Discover how #LaskerLaureate Joan Steitz opened up the field of #RNAbiology in our latest newsletter: @SteitzLab @YaleRNA @YaleMed #WomenInSTEM

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Continued monitoring of #COVID19 vaccinations shows that anaphylaxis is a rare event, occurring in less than 0.0005% of cases. @JAMA_current

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Tweet: Looking for something to watch? The documentary Human Nature – the story of #CRISPR – is now available for streaming on iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon, and Google Play:

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#CRISPR is a scientific revolution that is reshaping basic science and biomedical research. A new documentary, Human Nature, tells the story of its discovery. To find out where and when the film is playing, check out: @wondercollab @DanRather

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“It is everything we hoped for and more.” —2023 #LaskerAward winner @DemisHassabis on the adoption of #AlphaFold by the biomedical research community. Here, he shares some key moments in @GoogleDeepMind history. #structuralbiology

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Join us next Wednesday, October 20, at 8pm to hear from 2021 #LaskerLaureate @KarlDeisseroth . In this #Lasker Public Lecture, Deisseroth will explore the connections between #optogenetics , human emotions, and mental health. @SecretSciClub

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#LaskerLaureate Katalin Karikó talks about how accessing scientific information has changed and how researchers are a bit like a fictional character she loves: Lt. Columbo. #AskAScientist @kkariko

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A new study finds that in male #COVID19 patients, higher serum levels of kynurenic acid (a tryptophan metabolite) are associated with poorer outcomes. This may offer a clue to sex-specific differences seen in the disease. @Johnsonlab_yale @VirusesImmunity

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Twenty-one #LaskerLaureates gathered together at the 2018 awards luncheon.

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Happy Birthday to #Lasker and #Nobel Laureate James P. Allison. He discovered and developed a monoclonal antibody therapy that unleashes the immune system to combat cancer. @MDAndersonNews

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Ralph M. Steinman was born #OTD . He won a #LaskerAward for his discovery of how #DendriticCells work in the immune system. #immunology @RockefellerUniv

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The 2019 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award honors Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ( @gavi ) for providing sustained access to childhood vaccines around the globe, saving millions of lives, and for highlighting the power of immunization to prevent disease.

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"Sensing DNA as danger: The discovery of cGAS" by @FlavellLab and @esensefik discusses the importance of #LaskerAward winner Zhijian "James" Chen's work. @UTSWMedCenter @ImmunityCP

Sensing DNA as danger: The discovery of cGAS

Insight into how the immune system recognizes and responds to pathogens had led to landmark advances in biology and medicine in the last decades. This year’s Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical...

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“It wasn't that I was going out and trying to say, ‘I wanna find a way to cure #cancer .’ Not at all. That wasn't in my head at all. I wanted to understand how T-cells work.” —Jim Allison #immunotherapy

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The 2019 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors H. Michael Shepard, Dennis J. Slamon, and Axel Ullrich for the invention of Herceptin—a targeted antibody therapy for breast cancer.

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#Mitochondria require glutathione (GSH) to perform their daily functions, but how they import it has remained mysterious—until now. Scientists have identified the protein SLC25A39 as an essential transporter of mitochondrial GSH. @KivancBirsoy

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Congratulations David Baltimore, 2021 #LaskerAward winner!—"for the breadth and beauty of his discoveries in #virology , #immunology , and #cancer ; for his academic leadership; for his mentorship; and for his influence as a public advocate for science” #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate

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Congratulations to @NIH #Lasker Clinical Research Scholar Andrea Apolo on receiving tenure at @theNCI ! Read about her research on genitourinary tumors: @apolo_andrea

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The Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award is awarded to @NCIDrDoug and Schiller @theNCI #LaskerAwards17

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Hidesaburo Hanafusa, born #OTD , won a #LaskerAward for discovering the mechanism by which retroviruses cause malignant tumors. @RockefellerUniv

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Cells connect with their environment through surface receptors and use physical tension to regulate cellular processes. A new study develops an overstretching tension sensor to allow more accurate force measurement in physiological conditions. @taekjip

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From @NatureNews : Immune-cell pioneers win prestigious #Lasker medical award @ewencallaway

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Tomorrow is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #LaskerLaureate @kkariko , when accepting her award, hoped that young girls would be inspired by her story. Listen to her message in the video below. #IDWGIS

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Dan Littman discusses the opposing roles of cells that protect against bacterial and fungal #infection , but also contribute to #autoimmune #inflammation . @ibiology @nyuniversity @HHMINEWS

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Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a possible therapeutic target for controlling diabetes and #obesity . New work reveals that BAT cells can be derived from vascular smooth muscle cells expressing the #ionchannel #Trpv1 . @FarnazShamsi @tsengyuhua

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. @Stanford researchers solve the structure of the human sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) alone and in complex with the diuretic polythiazide. This could aid in #rationaldrugdesign of #hypertension treatments that don’t cause unwanted side effects.

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Brown and Goldstein won the #LaskerAward and the #NobelPrize in 1985. Read about the beginnings of this dynamic duo and the chance encounter that led them to their Award-winning work on cholesterol metabolism. @UTSWNews

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New research suggests that RNA transcripts provide a feedback mechanism for transcriptional condensate formation: low levels of RNA help trigger formation, but the surge of RNAs made during elongation triggers dissolution. @WhiteheadInst @CellCellPress

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Join us tomorrow Wednesday, October 20, at 8pm to hear from 2021 #LaskerLaureate @KarlDeisseroth . He will explore the connections between #optogenetics , human emotions, and mental health. Presented with @SecretSciClub , this LIVE event will not be recorded.

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Development of the HPV vaccine was made possible by sustained public investment in biomedical research by many countries @NCIDrDoug

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Congratulations to James G. Fujimoto, David Huang, and Eric A. Swanson, 2023 #LaskerAward winners! – “for the invention of optical coherence tomography, a technology that revolutionized ophthalmology”. #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate #OCT

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Israel Kleiner recognized #insulin and its potential for treating people with #diabetes years before the treatment became available. “In 1919, for reasons that were unknown, his work abruptly ceased,” Jeff Friedman said. “I decided to try to find out why.”

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Science is not a belief system; it is a special way of learning about observable world. - '16 Laureate Bruce Alberts

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We wish #LaskerAward winner Victor R. Ambros a happy birthday! By studying the microscopic worm C. elegans, he discovered that small RNAs are key regulators of gene expression. @UMassMedical #modelorganism

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The changes to histones during the transition from totipotency to pluripotency have remained unclear—until now. A new study shows that SUMOylation (a post-translational modification) of linker #histone H1 represses totipotency. @YMerbl @jacob_hanna

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Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Bertil Hille! Hille was recognized for his work on #ionchannels , which govern the electrical potential of membranes, generating nerve impulses and controlling muscle contraction, cardiac rhythm, and hormone secretion.

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Happy 91st Birthday to #LaskerLaureate James E. Darnell Jr. of @RockefellerUniv ! He launched the fields of RNA processing and cytokine signaling, while mentoring and fostering the careers of more than 125 scientists. #RNAbiology

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Congratulations to Monica Bertagnolli, the new Director of the @NIH !

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“Young people have good, naïve questions that are not constrained by what they think they already know.” –2022 #LaskerAward winner Richard O. Hynes of @MIT on the importance of young people in #STEM . #LaskerLaureate #Lasker2022

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#LaskerLaureate David Allis of @RockefellerUniv discusses the importance of choosing the right lab environment. He does an amazing job of supporting and #mentoring the people of his lab. Each of the laureates who are here today hold that standard!

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Happy Birthday, David C Allis! He received a #LaskerAward in 2018 for discoveries elucidating how gene expression is influenced by chemical modification of histones—the proteins that package DNA within chromosomes. @RockefellerUniv

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Congratulations to Sneha Rath on winning the 2023 #LaskerEssay Contest! Read her winning essay, “Cementing the Bricks,” here: @MassGeneralNews @harvardmed @broadinstitute

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Researchers led by @SatchinPanda have discovered three subtypes of specialized cells in the human retina that drive physiological responses to light. @salkinstitute @MoranEyeCenter @scrippsresearch

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Scientists record changes in transcription over time by fluorescently labeling circulating immune cells before they infiltrate a tumor. Their findings shed light on how immune cells become dysfunctional in a tumor environment. @IdoAmitLab

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Congratulations to Hussain Lalani, winner of the 2022 #LaskerEssay Contest. Read his winning essay, “I Would Be Scared If I Heard That Too” in our July Newsletter: @BrighamWomens @DrHussainL

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Happy birthday to Tom Maniatis, who won the Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in 2012. He was recognized for exceptional leadership and citizenship in biomedical science, including fundamental discoveries concerning the nature of #genes . @Columbia

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Join us NOW to meet the 2021 #LaskerAward winners! Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann, and Karl Deisseroth; Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman; David Baltimore. #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate

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Happy Birthday to #Lasker Laureate William Kaelin! He discovered the pathway by which cells from humans and most animals sense and adapt to changes in oxygen availability. @kaelin_lab @harvardmed @DanaFarber

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Proximity to nuclear speckles–areas dense in mRNA splicing regulators–determines mRNA splicing efficiency. Variation in distance between genes and nuclear speckles drives cell-type specific differences in splicing. @_prashantbhat @mitchguttman

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Piet Borst reflects on his 50-year career in biomedical research as he accepts the 2023 #LaskerAward for Special Achievement in Medical Science. @NKI_nl #LaskerLaureate #Lasker2023

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John Jumper of @GoogleDeepMind accepts the 2023 #LaskerAward for the invention of #AlphaFold . #structuralbiology #LaskerAwards #Lasker2023

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Keep up to date on the interesting initiatives in progress at The Lasker Foundation. Sign up for our newsletter here:

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Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate @KarlDeisseroth of @StanfordMed ! He won a #LaskerAward for the development of #optogenetics – a revolutionary neuroscience technique. Watch an interview with him and #MacFellow @michelle_monje :

An Interview With Michelle Monje-Deisseroth and Karl Deisseroth - Lasker Foundation

The October 17, 2023, Lasker Lessons in Leadership featured an interview with MacArthur Fellow Michelle Monje-Deisseroth and Lasker Laureate Karl Deisseroth, both of whom are professors at Stanford...

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Two years ago, @KivancBirsoy et al. identified SLC25A39 as an essential transporter of mitochondrial glutathione (GSH). Now, they show how SLC25A39 levels are regulated to control GSH homeostasis. @YuyangLiu1996

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#Mitochondria require glutathione (GSH) to perform their daily functions, but how they import it has remained mysterious—until now. Scientists have identified the protein SLC25A39 as an essential transporter of mitochondrial GSH. @KivancBirsoy

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Happy birthday Victor R. Ambros! He discovered tiny RNAs in animals and demonstrated how they turn off genes during development.

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#AlphaFold revolutionized #structuralbiology by dramatically improving our understanding of the tertiary structure of proteins. New work extends these insights to quaternary structures. @BristolUni @befcorreia @iitjodhpur @ElevyLab

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What technical advances were needed to develop #OCT and how has it changed ophthalmology? #Lasker Jury Member Jeremy Nathans walks us through the past, present, and future of this revolutionary technique. #LaskerAward #Lasker2023

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George E. Palade was born #OTD . He won a #LaskerAward for using electron #microscopy to map the structures of cells. He developed the technique of fixing cells, and he was the first to describe the fine structures of mitochondria. @RockefellerUniv

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"Female scientists are under-represented in global research. @nature has long argued the need for initiatives to increase their opportunities and participation." New awards aim to celebrate #WomenInScience

New awards aim to celebrate women in science

Nature - Prizes will reward outstanding scientific discovery and exceptional efforts to engage girls and young women in science.

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Happy birthday to Ronald Evans! He won a #LaskerAward for the discovery of the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors and elucidation of a unifying mechanism that regulates embryonic development and diverse metabolic pathways. @salkinstitute

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Congratulations to the 2022 #LaskerAward winners! — Richard O. Hynes, Erkki Ruoslahti, Timothy A. Springer ( @timothyspringer ); Yuk Ming Dennis Lo; Lauren Gardner ( @TexasDownUnder ) Missed the announcement? You can watch the entire video here

The 2022 Lasker Awards

This is "The 2022 Lasker Awards" by Lasker Foundation on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Two-time #LaskerLaureate Sydney Brenner was born #OTD . He made foundational discoveries about the genetic code, pioneered the roundworm #Celegans as a #modelorganism , and was a rational voice in the debate of recombinant DNA. #genetics @Cambridge_Uni

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Congratulations to our Essay Contest winner Avash Das! A PhD candidate at UT Southwestern, @avash22 writes that physician scientists are like the “Rosetta Stone”, bridging the gap between clinical medicine and biomedical research. Read more: @UTSWNews

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Lasker Foundation

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9 years

Medecins Sans Frontiers receive Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award! Congratulations! http://t.co/hk5sHWVBwg @MSF http://t.co/7OFIqKChKY

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Lasker Foundation

@LaskerFDN

4 years

2021 marks 50 years of the National Cancer Act. Mary #Lasker played a pivotal role in passing this legislation, which created a nationally coordinated #cancer research program under the leadership of @theNCI . #NothingWillStopUs

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Lasker Foundation

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5 years

Happy Birthday to #LaskerLaureate Robert G. Roeder. His research focused on how nucleated cells copy DNA into RNA through a process called #transcription . @RockefellerUniv

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Lasker Foundation

@LaskerFDN

7 years

Congratulations to our 2017 Lasker Laureates Michael Hall, John Schiller, @NCIDrDoug and @PPact #LaskerAwards17

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@LaskerFDN

8 months

A new cancer #immunotherapy approach uses a bispecific antibody to bring #Tcells and #dendriticcells together. Antibody-treated mice show enhanced immune reprogramming, both in tumors and in tumor-draining lymph nodes. @DahanLab @IdoAmitLab

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