Linda Fried: Leadership and Communication in Science and Health
JAN. 19, 2016
Lessons in Leadership. What does it mean to be a leader in science and what role do the different forms of communication play in leadership?
Evelyn Witkin, a Life in Science
DEC. 14, 2015
View an interview with Evelyn Witkin. Read a New York Times piece that highlights her career in science.
Alfred Sommer: Peregrinations of a Physician-Scientist
NOV. 25, 2015
APSA Lecture. Lasker Lecture at the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA).
Conversations in science with Paul Nurse and Dan Rather
NOV. 24, 2015
iBiology partnership. Geneticist Paul Nurse, a Lasker Laureate and Nobel Prize winner, speaks with Dan Rather about the importance of science for culture and civilization, how to inspire young minds to be interested in discovery, and what it means to be brilliant.
Gregory Petsko: The Coming Epidemic of Neurodegenerative Diseases
AUG. 26, 2015
Public Lecture. What are the mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's, and are there promising new therapies? A talk by Gregory Petsko, a professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dan Littman: The Art of Scientific Publishing
AUG. 4, 2015
Lessons in Leadership. What does it take to turn good research into a successful publication in today's competitive academic environment? Dan Littman, Professor of Molecular Immunology at New York University, shared insights.
Ralph Snyderman: “The What, the How, and the Why of a Researcher’s Career”
JUNE 1, 2015
Lessons in Leadership. The presentation, entitled "From Brooklyn to Lab Bench to Board Room: Lessons Learned," took place on May 19, 2015, on the NIH main campus in Bethesda and was the first in a series of talks aiming to inspire MD and PhD students for future leadership.
William Bialek: Developing Unifying Theories for Biology
FEB. 12, 2015
William Bialek posits that scientists can develop unifying theories, in the physics tradition, that predict precisely how living systems work.
Solving the Cholesterol Conundrum
OCT. 10, 2014
Emily Hoelzli and Angela Troia, the Lasker Foundation's 2014 summer interns, discuss the discovery of LDL receptors by Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein and the development of statins to lower blood cholesterol by Akira Endo.
Conversations with Lasker Giants
SEPT. 2, 2014
For the last five years, the Lasker Foundation has had the privilege to partner with the Journal of Clinical Investigation. During this time, JCI has produced profiles of Lasker award winners, and several Lasker Laureates have been featured in their video series, Giants of Medicine.
