Tip-Offs to Creativity in Art and Science
SEPT. 8, 2013
What do a sculpture in Trafalgar Square and Lasker Awards have in common?
Arthur Horwich: Chaperone-Assisted Protein Folding
JULY 1, 2013
Arthur Horwich discusses chaperone-assisted protein folding.
Paradigm Shifts in Science: Insights from the Arts
SEPT. 9, 2012
Explosive revelations or slowly forming ideas — how do paradigm shifts in science happen? Jury Chair Joseph Goldstein discusses these questions by looking at art pieces that explore the birth of great ideas.
Ron Vale: Molecular Motors and Movement in Biology
SEPT. 12, 2012
iBiology. Lasker Award winner Ron Vale visits a high school class and explains how he became fascinated with molecular motors and how they work. He also describes the experiments that led to his discovery of the motor protein kinesin.
Diabetic Retinopathy: A Path to Progress
MARCH 24, 2012
The Lasker/IRRF Initiative's second report, released in 2012, addresses diabetic retinopathy, the most common and most serious of the ocular complications of diabetes mellitus.
Shinya Yamanaka: From Somatic Cells to Pluripotent Stem Cells
OCT. 24, 2011
University Lecture. Shinya Yamanaka delivers a lecture to a packed auditorium at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine on October 24, 2011.
Tips for Getting Lucky in High-Stakes Research
AUG. 10, 2011
Scientists who receive Lasker Awards and Nobel Prizes share many things in common with poker superstars, both of whom take risks and gamble for high stakes.
Jack Szostak: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth
JULY 1, 2011
Jack Szostak discusses research into the origin on cellular life on earth.
Michael Bishop: Forging a Genetic Paradigm for Cancer
JUNE 1, 2011
Michael Bishop discusses the genetic basis of cancer and its implications for therapeutic pursuits.
Astrocytes and Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration
OCT. 14, 2010
The first program of the Lasker/International Retinal Research Foundation's Initiative for Innovation in Vision Science, launched in 2009, explored the dual role of astrocytes in glaucoma.
