Lasker Foundation
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The Lasker Foundation works to accelerate support for medical research through recognition of scientific excellence, education and advocacy.
New York, NY
Joined September 2011
Born #OTD, M.H.F. Wilkins (@KingsCollegeLon) won the Basic #LaskerAward for revealing the structure of the #DNA molecule. #LaskerLaureate
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Submit 2026 #LaskerAward nominations here: https://t.co/hENg3gaeqh Awards will be given for Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Public Service. The deadline is February 2 at 9am EST!
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Sol Spiegelman was born #OTD. He received a #LaskerAward in 1974 for developing nucleic acid hybridization techniques, which made it possible to detect specific genes within cells. @Columbia
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Fred L. Soper was born #OTD. He received the 1946 #LaskerAward for organizing eradication campaigns to combat yellow fever and #malaria. https://t.co/QMzB8wvu2o
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Born #OTD, #LaskerLaureate Etienne-Emile Baulieu developed the first safe and effective contragestive pill. https://t.co/kYKksNuVHZ
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In this #AskAScientist, physician-scientist Carey Jansen shares how drawing clear boundaries and setting priorities helps her achieve a work-life balance. @careyjans @A_P_S_A
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Michael Sheetz, #LaskerLaureate, was born #OTD. He received a #LaskerAward for discoveries concerning cytoskeletal motor proteins, machines that move cargoes within cells, contract muscles, and enable cell movements. @Columbia
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Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Peter Hegemann! He was recognized with a #LaskerAward for his work on light-sensitive microbial proteins and #optogenetics. @HumboldtUni
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In this #AskAScientist, Sam Long, a @BrandeisU graduate student in music composition, asks 1998 #LaskerLaureate Paul Nurse a question about his field of research. @TheCrick @RoyalSociety @BristolUni @CR_UK
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Atlas: “More information—that was the original promise of the Internet. To my horror, it became a tool for censorship. Once everyone was on social media, it became a way to manipulate people and censor things they didn’t want out there.”
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1974 #LaskerLaureate Howard M. Temin was born #OTD. He was recognized for contributions to our understanding of the biology of RNA-containing cancer viruses and elucidation of the mode of action of viral genes. #RNAbiology
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📢 The South Regional APSA Meeting will be held February 27-28, 2026 at the University of Miami! 📢 Abstracts are due December 1st for this fantastic meeting and network with other physician-scientists across the south.
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“The work of McKnight and Görlich is a testament to curiosity-driven research.” #ICYMI: William G. Kaelin Jr writes about this year’s Basic Research #LaskerAward winners in the @PNASNews #Lasker2025 collection. @mpi_nat @UTSWMedcenter
#phaseseparation #biophysics
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Up to 10 to 20% of the proteome contains regions with much lower amino acid diversity than would be expected by chance. This year’s Lasker Basic Sc...
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Congratulations to Mary-Claire King for receiving the 2025 VinFuture Special Prize for Female Scientists. She was recognized for the identification of the #breastcancer and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1. https://t.co/qd9YnoM0uG
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SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY The identification of the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1. Mary-Claire King discovered that mutations in the BRCA1 gene were associated with development...
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Born #OTD, Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. (@US_HouseReps) won a #LaskerAward for his tireless dedication to increasing our nation’s commitment to biomedical research and a lifetime of public advocacy for the disadvantaged. #LaskerLaureate #BiomedicalResearch
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Happy birthday to Thomas R. Cech! He won the 1988 #LaskerAward for revealing the enzymatic role of RNA, opening a new universe in molecular biology. https://t.co/jMpjrrfssb
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#ICYMI: Our latest Newsletter is out! Read about how organisms control the activity of genes, turning them on and off at specific times and in specific locations. And listen to our latest podcast featuring #LaskerLaureate John Jumper. #AskAScientist
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In this issue, read about how organisms carefully control the activity of genes, turning them on and off at specific times and in specific locations. And listen to our latest podcast featuring Lasker...
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Congratulations to #LaskerAward winners Mary-Claire King, John T. Schiller, and Douglas R. Lowy! These three #LaskerLaureate (s) were recognized with 2025 VinFuture Prizes. King won for the identification of the #breastcancer susceptibility gene BRCA1. Lowy and Schiller won for
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Hanoi, December 5, 2025 – The VinFuture Foundation officially announces the laureates of the VinFuture Prizes 2025. Four outstanding scientific and technological breakthroughs have been honored,...
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Congratulations to Steven McKnight @UTSWMedCenter and his team for a well-deserved 2025 Lasker award! Prof. McKnight was also awarded the 2020 #WelchAward in chemistry.
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Explore All 2025 Winners & Awards > Dirk Görlich Max Planck Institute Steven L. McKnight UT Southwestern Medical Center For discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity...
Jury member & Lasker Laureate James Rothman presents the 2025 Basic Medical Research Award to Steven McKnight & Dirk Görlich. He celebrates their work & concludes that with stable, long-term funding, the success of curiosity-driven research is "no curiosity at all." #LaskerAwards
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We wish #LaskerAward winner @NancyGBrinker a happy birthday! Brinker founded @SusanGKomen Foundation to raise awareness of #breastcancer. She helped transform a taboo topic into an international discussion. https://t.co/4QxGqS81AA Listen to the story told by Brinker herself:
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Explore All 2006 Winners & Awards > Nancy G. Brinker Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation For creating one of the world’s great foundations devoted to curing breast cancer and dramatically...
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How do cells activate or silence genes? Read about the #LaskerAward winners who devised ingenious experimental methods, leveraged offbeat model organisms, and capitalized on underappreciated observations to understand how organisms carefully control gene activity.
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Robert Roeder was starting to worry in early 1969. A graduate student at the University of Washington, he’d been working long hours in the lab and filling notebook after notebook with data, but he...
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