Ask a Scientist: Mary-Claire King on using genetics as a tool to improve lives
SEPT 28, 2022
Lasker Laureate Mary-Claire King shares why she is passionate about genetics and how she uses it to solve problems and benefit people.
SEPT 28, 2022
Lasker Laureate Mary-Claire King shares why she is passionate about genetics and how she uses it to solve problems and benefit people.
SEPT 28, 2022
How do fundamental discoveries lead to breakthrough applications? Several scientists discuss the importance of both basic and applied science.
SEPT 28, 2022
Lasker Laureate Stephen Elledge tells the story of one of his graduate school successes.
SEPT 28, 2022
Scientists often talk about the recurring failure they face in their research. Why do they keep going?
SEPT 23, 2022
Some scientists say that they always wanted to be a scientist, but many arrived in science for other reasons. Some of their answers will surprise you!
SEPT 21, 2022
Lasker Laureate Karl Deisseroth shares the hurdles that had to be overcome to establish optogenetics, a revolutionary neuroscience technique.
SEPT 20, 2022
Lasker Laureate Tom Maniatis explains how his lab made the first library of human genomic DNA and why they shared it with the scientific community.
SEPT 19, 2022
Susan Hockfield, the 16th president of MIT, tells us about the collaborations behind the MIT Energy Initiative.
SEPT 15, 2022
What do you imagine when you hear the word “scientist”? Paige Greenwood discusses the importance of representation, diversity, and inclusion in science.
SEPT 6, 2022
When he started doing research in 1970, it became obvious to Lasker Laureate Leroy Hood that humans and their diseases were extremely complex. He set out to make technologies that would facilitate researching human disease.