The 2020 Lasker Awards
MAY 20, 2020
Read about the Foundation's decision to cancel the 2020 Lasker Awards.
Robert Farese and Tobias Walther: Lipid Droplets
MAY 11, 2020
A three-part seminar on the biology of lipid droplets, which play a critical role in an organism’s physiology.
James P. Allison: Crusading for Cancer Immunotherapy
MAY 6, 2020
Allison shares how his early-career fascination with T-cell behavior eventually led to monoclonal antibody therapy for melanoma, a fundamentally new strategy for treating cancer.
Stanley N. Cohen: Transforming Molecular Biology
MAY 6, 2020
Cohen’s quest to understand how bacteria share genes laid a foundation for recombinant DNA technology and helped expand the biological promise of genetic engineering.
May 2020 Newsletter
MAY 5, 2020
In this issue, we speak with James P. Allison and Stanley N. Cohen. We also feature the third and forth chapters of our video interview with Nancy Wexler.
If you think preparedness is expensive, the pandemic puts things in perspective
APRIL 30, 2020
Lasker President Claire Pomeroy shares five insights about medical research highlighted by the fight against COVID-19.
Failing another national stress test on health disparities
APRIL 15, 2020
In JAMA, William F. Owen Jr, Richard Carmona, and Claire Pomeroy emphasize the disproportionate burden of coronavirus on minority communities.
April 2020 Newsletter
APRIL 7, 2020
In this issue, we speak with Phillip Sharp, Alfred Sommer, and Evelyn Witkin. We also feature the second chapter of our video interview with Nancy Wexler.
Alfred Sommer: Discovering a Two-Cent Remedy that Saves Children’s Lives
APRIL 6, 2020
Using a data-driven approach, Alfred Sommer convinced the world of the importance of vitamin A for public health.
Evelyn Witkin: Pursuing the Mysteries of DNA Damage
APRIL 6, 2020
Renowned geneticist Evelyn Witkin discusses how enthusiasm, luck, and a little defiance helped shape her career.
