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Lasker Foundation
@LaskerFDN
The Lasker Foundation works to accelerate support for medical research through recognition of scientific excellence, education and advocacy.
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Congratulations Richard O. Hynes, Erkki Ruoslahti, and Timothy A. Springer, 2022 #LaskerAward winners! — “for discoveries concerning the #integrins—key mediators of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in physiology and disease”. @MIT @sbpdiscovery @harvardmed #Lasker2022
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    Sep 19, 2024
    Congratulations to Zhijian “James” Chen, 2024 #LaskerAward winner! – “for the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that senses foreign and self DNA, solving the mystery of how DNA stimulates immune and inflammatory responses.” laskerfoundation.org/winners/cgas-e… #Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate
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    Sep 21, 2023
    Congratulations to @DemisHassabis and John Jumper, 2023 #LaskerAward winners! – “for the invention of #AlphaFold, a revolutionary technology for predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins”. ow.ly/5azT50PNTKU #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate #structuralbiology
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 24, 2021
    Congratulations Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth, 2021 #LaskerAward winners!—“for the discovery of light-sensitive proteins that can activate or silence individual neurons and for their use in #optogenetics—a revolutionary neuroscience technique” #Lasker2021
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 10, 2019
    The 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors Max D. Cooper and Jacques Miller for their discovery of the two distinct classes of lymphocytes, B and T cells—the organizing principle of the adaptive immune system. ow.ly/S3SS50w2JDX
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 24, 2021
    Join us NOW to see the winners of the Basic Award!—Dieter Oesterhelt of @MPI_Biochem, Peter Hegemann of @HumboldtUni, and @KarlDeisseroth of @StanfordMed—for “light-sensitive microbial proteins and #optogenetics” laskerawards.live #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate #LaskerAward
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 27, 2024
    “My message to the young people is this: if I can get so close to the stars, you can too.” —Zhijian “James” Chen, 2024 #LaskerAward winner for his discovery of cGAS, an enzyme that senses self and foreign DNA #Lasker2024 #LaskerLaureate @UTSWMedCenter
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 24, 2021
    Join us NOW to see the winners of the Clinical Award!—Katalin Karikó of @BioNTech_Group and University of Pennsylvania and Drew Weissman of @PennMedicine—for “modified #mRNA vaccines” laskerawards.live/stage #Lasker2021 #LaskerLaureate #LaskerAward
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Read the story of the integrins in @CellCellPress #Lasker2022
    The gripping story of integrins
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 14, 2024
    C. David Allis and Michael Grunstein won the 2018 Basic #LaskerAward for discovering how histone modifications influence gene expression. ow.ly/8O4W50SKpsz @RockefellerUniv @UCLA In just 5 days, we reveal the scientific breakthroughs recognized this year. #Lasker2024
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Congratulations Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, 2022 #LaskerAward winner! — “for the discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood, leading to noninvasive #prenataltesting for Down syndrome.” @CUHKofficial #Lasker2022 #LaskerLaureate
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 21, 2023
    Congratulations to Piet Borst, 2023 #LaskerAward winner! – “for an exceptional 50-year career of scientific discovery, mentorship, and leadership”. ow.ly/cuFl50PNTMJ #Lasker2023 #LaskerLaureate #mtDNA #mitochondria #trypanosomes
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 11, 2018
    “I’ve always felt that you had to be better overall than the men. And that’s true of all women, I think,” said 2018 #LaskerLaureate Joan Steitz from @Yale. “That’s not fair; and that’s where we need to be fighting.” @SteitzLab
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    Lasker Foundation
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    Sep 11, 2018
    We are pleased to announce the 2018 #LaskerAwards winners! C. David Allis from @RockefellerUniv and Michael Grunstein from @UCLA, John B. Glen from @AstraZeneca, and Joan Argetsinger Steitz @SteitzLab from @Yale bit.ly/2O9yTQY