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Dan Littman: T Helper Cells in Barrier Defense and Inflammatory Disease
AUG. 1, 2018
Dan Littman discusses the opposing roles that Th17 cells play in promoting health and in the pathology of autoimmune disease, and talks about different T cell responses to commensal microbes.
Megan Sykes: Immunological Responses to Organ Transplantation
AUG. 1, 2018
Megan Sykes provides an in-depth look to the immunological responses associated with organ transplantation.
Elaine Fuchs: Stem Cell Biology
JULY 6, 2018
In a three-part talk, Elaine Fuchs offers an overview of stem cell biology and its implications for research, disease, and therapeutic approaches to patient care.
John Schiller: Human Papillomavirus Vaccines against Cancer
JUNE 28, 2018
Lasker laureate John Schiller discusses the development of HPV vaccines that prevent cancers of cervix, anus, genitals and throat.
David Baltimore: The Role of microRNAs in Mammalian Blood Cells
MAY 24, 2018
David Baltimore discusses how microRNAs create regulatory tension in mammalian blood cells.
David Baltimore: Viruses and Reverse Transcriptase
MAY 11, 2018
David Baltimore outlines the different types of viruses, and discusses the discovery of reverse transcriptase and its implications for modern biology.
Ruslan Medzhitov: Inflammation and Homeostasis
MARCH 27, 2018
Ruslan Medzhitov provides an overview of the field of inflammation, outlines its role in pathology and homeostasis, and explains how inflammation is generated.
Ruslan Medzhitov: Toll-Like Receptors and Adaptive Immunity
MARCH 25, 2018
Ruslan Medzhitov provides a historical perspective that frames his involvement in the discovery of toll-like receptors.
Mary Woolley: Winning Hearts and Minds for Science
MARCH 5, 2018
The February 28, 2018 Lasker Lessons in Leadership lecture was given by Mary Woolley, President and CEO of Research!America.
International Medicine and Global Health
DEC. 1, 2017
The November 30, 2017 Lasker Lessons in Leadership lecture was given by Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and a Rear Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service.
2017 Young Scientist Seminars: Meet the Winners
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.
The 2017 Lasker Award Videos
SEPT. 5, 2017
Learn about the 2017 Lasker Award winners and their work.
Michael Hall: The Story of TOR
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.
Paul Turner: Virus Ecology and Evolution
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.
Keeping Science and Society Healthy: Challenges for Scientists
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.
Claire Pomeroy on the State of Biomedical Research
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.
Jennifer Zallen: Building Multicellular Structures During Development
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.
Torsten Wiesel: Exploring the Visual Brain
MARCH 16, 2017
Torsten Wiesel tells the story of the Nobel Prize winning discovery of how the brain processes information through the visual cortex.
Evelyn Witkin: The SOS Response in Bacteria
MARCH 6, 2017
Evelyn Witkin provides a historical perspective on the discovery that cells have a mechanism to repair DNA damage, the SOS response.
Regis Kelly: Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Science
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.
