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Titia de Lange: Telomeres and Human Disease
JAN. 20, 2017
Titia de Lange gives an overview of telomeres, the protective repeats at the ends of chromosomes, and the role they play in human disease.
Jeremy Nathans: Advice for Young Scientists
NOV. 9, 2016
The November 9, 2016 Lasker Lessons in Leadership keynote lecture was given by Jeremy Nathans at NIH.
2016 Young Scientist Seminars: Watch the Videos
OCT. 12, 2016
The Young Scientist Seminars is a new video series from iBiology featuring talented PhD students and postdocs giving talks about their research and discoveries. The Lasker Foundation is pleased to partner with iBiology on this initiative.
See the 2016 Lasker Awards
OCT. 6, 2016
Watch the 2016 laureates deliver their acceptance remarks, view comments by Lasker Jury members, and the keynote address by Sean Carroll.
The 2016 Lasker Award Videos
SEPT. 12, 2016
See the 2016 Lasker Laureates talk about their research.
Conversations in Science with Jennifer Doudna and Dan Rather
SEPT. 7, 2016
iBiology partnership. Biochemist Jennifer Doudna speaks with Dan Rather about new genome editing technologies and their implications for science and society.
Gregory Petsko: The Coming Epidemic
JULY 19, 2016
Gregory Petsko discusses the coming epidemic of neurodegenerative disease, and what medical research can do about it.
Ron Daniels: Opportunities for Young Investigators
MAY 11, 2016
Ron Daniels discusses the challenges facing young people in pursuing a career in biomedical research.
David Allis: Why your DNA isn’t Enough
APRIL 26, 2016
David Allis discusses the ways in which chromatin structures are modified, and the role of epigenetics in disease and in development.
Craig Thompson: The Difference Between Leadership and Management
MARCH 30, 2016
Lessons in Leadership. Craig Thompson, President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Center will discuss strategies for successful leadership, and the difference between leadership and management. March 31, 9am ET.
Ron Vale: Molecular Motor Proteins
FEB. 18, 2016
Ron Vale discusses molecular motor proteins: their roles in the cell, their movement, regulation, and the research approaches that the Vale Lab has used to elucidate their function.
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.
