OCT. 6, 2017
The Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) nurture science communication skills of talented PhD students and postdocs. The Lasker Foundation is proud to sponsor the annual YSS competition with iBiology and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.
SEPT. 5, 2017
Learn about the 2017 Lasker Award winners and their work.
SEPT. 4, 2017
Michael Hall discusses research into nutrient-activated proteins that regulate cell growth, for which he was recognized with a 2017 Lasker Award.
AUG. 23, 2017
Paul Turner describes the fundamental biology of viruses, how they interact with their host organisms, how they might have originally evolved long ago, and discusses using phage therapy to treat bacterial infections.
JUNE 6, 2017
University Lecture. 2016 Lasker laureate Bruce Alberts gave a talk on April 18 at Virginia Commonwealth University tackling some of the most vexing questions of our times: science communication and science literacy.
MAY 1, 2017
Lasker President Claire Pomeroy on the role of science and biomedical research as the solution to many of our social vulnerabilities. An interview with The Atlantic's Steve Clemons.
APRIL 21, 2017
Jennifer Zallen describes the discovery of a system of spatial information that organizes cell movements in the developing fruit fly embryo to elongate the body axis from head to tail.
MARCH 16, 2017
Torsten Wiesel tells the story of the Nobel Prize winning discovery of how the brain processes information through the visual cortex.
MARCH 6, 2017
Evelyn Witkin provides a historical perspective on the discovery that cells have a mechanism to repair DNA damage, the SOS response.
FEB. 17, 2017
The March 8, 2017 Lasker Lessons in Leadership lecture will be given by Regis Kelly, the director of QB3, one of the four California Institutes for Science and Innovation.
