In 1971 #OTD, the #NationalCancerAct was signed into law. #DYK that our founder, Mary #Lasker, was a visionary force behind its passage? 🧪

Happy birthday to Thomas C. Südhof! He won a #LaskerAward for his discoveries concerning the molecular machinery and regulatory mechanism that underlie rapid release of neurotransmitters. 🧪 ow.ly/Oj7H50XKozN @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Michael J. Welsh! He won the 2025 #LaskerAward for his key role in developing a novel treatment for #cysticfibrosis —a triple-drug combination that saves the lives of people with this lethal genetic disease. 🧪 #LaskerLaureate buff.ly/54u2Lke

Joseph H. Burchenal was born #OTD. His lifelong dedication to leukemia research contributed substantially to the development of more effective therapies for patients with acute leukemia. 🧪 ow.ly/wsaP30mlgJa

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📖 Looking for some weekend reading? #ICYMI -- #Lasker jury members write in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about the history and significance of the 2025 #LaskerAward winners' work. #Lasker2025 🧪 https://ow.ly/v7oB50WWkgX

Edwin B. Astwood was born #OTD. He was recognized for his work that led to therapeutic control of hyperthyroidism. 🧪 ow.ly/V2PW30mlgJ4 #LaskerLaureate #LaskerAward

Happy birthday to Harold E. Varmus! He won a #LaskerAward for discovering that oncogenes are present in normal cells. ow.ly/htXR30mlgIY #cancer #UCSF 🧪 🎥 Varmus shares how he thinks about science in these #AskAScientist videos: ow.ly/kFrh50XKnQm

#ICYMI: "This advance fulfills a dream of scientists and families—the conversion of a fatal disease into a treatable one.” Jeffrey Friedman writes about the Clinical #LaskerAward in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences #cysticfibrosis #Lasker2025 🧪 https://ow.ly/wke250XL6IY

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"Enthusiasm is contagious." 2023 #LaskerLaureate David Huang discusses how to be a good communicator in this edition of #AskAScientist. 🧪 #SciComm

Born #OTD, Vincent Freda of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social won a #LaskerAward for developing an anti-RH vaccine, leading to the conquest of hemolytic disease of the newborn. 🧪 ow.ly/e48650XKnbg Learn more about #LaskerLaureate (s) who worked to make mothers & children healthier: ow.ly/UZWM50XKncN

Born #OTD, M.H.F. Wilkins (#KingsCollegeLondon) won the Basic #LaskerAward for revealing the structure of the #DNA molecule. #LaskerLaureate laskerfoundation.org/winners/doub...

Submit 2026 #LaskerAward nominations here: www.laskerawardnomination.org Awards will be given for Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, and Public Service. The deadline is February 2 at 9am EST!

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. 🧪 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social ow.ly/7qqc50Qi6sV

Fred L. Soper was born #OTD. He received the 1946 #LaskerAward for organizing eradication campaigns to combat yellow fever and #malaria. 🧪 ow.ly/GVIW30mlgIQ

Born #OTD, #LaskerLaureate Etienne-Emile Baulieu developed the first safe and effective contragestive pill. 🧪 ow.ly/YIXu30mlgIN

In this #AskAScientist, physician-scientist Carey Jansen shares how drawing clear boundaries and setting priorities helps her achieve a work-life balance. 🧪 @a-p-s-a.bsky.social

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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. 🧪 ow.ly/39py50H4Kf0 @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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. 🧪 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social ow.ly/8O6B30mlgIJ

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 ow.ly/2OCk30mlgIG

In this #AskAScientist, Sam Long, a @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social graduate student in music composition, asks 1998 #LaskerLaureate Paul Nurse a question about his field of research. 🧪 @crick.ac.uk @royalsociety.org @bristoluni.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org

“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 @pnas.org #Lasker2025 collection. 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @mpi-nat.bsky.social #phaseseparation #biophysics

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. 🧪

Born #OTD, Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. 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 buff.ly/GWqJw0V

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. 🧪http://ow.ly/6pG650LUaMV #RNAbiology

#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 🧪

We wish #LaskerAward winner Nancy G. Brinker a happy birthday! Brinker founded @susangkomen.bsky.social to raise awareness of #breastcancer. She helped transform a taboo topic into an international discussion. 🧪 📖 laskerfoundation.org/winners/publ... 🎧 ow.ly/JKmF50XCrMk #ClassicLasker

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Peter Walter! Walter won the 2014 #LaskerAward for identifying key components in the unfolded protein response, an intracellular quality-control system that detects harmful misfolded proteins. 🧪 ow.ly/I1cZ50LU9BN

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 control gene activity. 🧪

In this #AskAScientist, molecular biologist Jeremy Nathans tells us about his sources of inspiration. 🧪 @nasonline.org #Lasker

Born #OTD, Carl Cori was one of the first #LaskerAward winners. He was recognized for contributions to the knowledge of carbohydrate metabolism, which clarified the action of insulin in diabetes. #T2DM ow.ly/lMOa50CtPiw 🧪

#DYK that 1957 #LaskerLaureate Richard Shope’s discovery of the swine influenza virus inspired scientists to search for the human influenza virus? Now the #FluVaccine is used to help protect against disease. 🧪 ow.ly/wCMO50H4JPX #FightFlu #NationalInfluenzaVaccinationWeek #VaccinesWork

Born #OTD, Alfred D. Hershey won the #LaskerAward for "the discovery of the fundamental role of nucleic acid in the reproduction of viruses and in the transmission of inherited characteristics." 🧪 buff.ly/e9oWz03

Routine vaccinations have saved millions of lives. Read about scientists who helped develop them, including several who tested their vaccines on themselves! ow.ly/lH9P50QfKG8 🧪 #VaccinesWork #NationalInfluenzaVaccinationWeek #FightFlu

#ICYMI 👂 Listen to an interview with #LaskerLaureate John Jumper, who reflects on the role of #AI as "an amplifier of experiments" in our latest podcast. 🧪 #AskAScientist

Robert W. Wilkins, born #OTD, became a #LaskerLaureate for his work that led to improved diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. @bumedicine.bsky.social ow.ly/3z8650CtC4O 🧪

We are able to #FightFlu thanks to the work of Thomas Francis Jr. and colleagues, who developed the first #FluVaccine. ow.ly/pH9750XAYJN #NationalInfluenzaVaccinationWeek #VaccinesWork #LaskerLaureate 🧪

2023 #LaskerLaureate John Jumper talks about successful teamwork in this edition of #AskAScientist. 🧪 His #ProTip: agree on an organizing principal before the project begins. @GoogleDeepMind

“No single person can do anything substantial. You have to be part of a team.” — #LaskerLaureate Marc Feldmann, born #OTD. ow.ly/ji5G50LQpvn Feldmann discovered anti-TNF therapy as an effective treatment for #rheumatoidarthritis. ow.ly/S1IS50LQpvp @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #LaskerAward 🧪

#ICYMI: Read about the amazing work—done over decades, by many people, at many institutions—that led to our understanding of gene expression. 🧪 @rockefeller.edu @dgsomucla.bsky.social @salkinstitute.bsky.social laskerfoundation.org/how-genes-ex...

On #WorldAIDSDay2025, we thank all those who have worked to bring treatments to patients, including several #LaskerAward winners, such as 2024 #LaskerLaureate (s) Quarraisha and Salim S. Abdool Karim. 🧪 ow.ly/R64t50XA0LB #HIVResearch

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Victor R. Ambros! By studying the microscopic worm #Celegans, he discovered that tiny RNAs are key regulators of gene expression. 🧪@umasschan.bsky.social #modelorganism #RNAbiology ow.ly/Ak7150CsW9p

We are accepting 2026 #LaskerAward nominations through February 2, 2026. 🧪 You will be able to work on, save, and return to your work before making a final submission using our online portal: www.laskerawardnomination.org

Hidesaburo Hanafusa, born #OTD, won a #LaskerAward for discovering the mechanism by which #retroviruses cause malignant tumors. ow.ly/ZZ6V50CtsIF @rockefeller.edu 🧪

John Robbins was born #OTD. He helped develop a vaccine to prevent meningitis in children. Once a common cause of death and disability, childhood meningitis is now rare. 🧪 ow.ly/QTag50Qe9Xv Read more about Robbins & his collaborators: ow.ly/iX6i50LQp9J #LaskerLaureate

In 1926 #OTD, #LaskerLaureate Andrew V. Schally was born. He was recognized for his isolation of peptide hormones. Specifically, he identified thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH). 🧪 ow.ly/3ecu50QcGGs

Mary #Lasker, founder of the #LaskerFoundation, was born #OTD! Mary worked tirelessly to increase federal funding for biomedical research. Her advocacy led to the National Cancer Act, which established The National Cancer Institute (NCI). 🧪 Read about our mission: ow.ly/DcMT50CpDbx

Happy birthday to #LaskerLaureate Richard O. Hynes! He was recognized for his discoveries concerning integrins, which are key mediators of cell matrix and cell-cell adhesion in physiology and disease. 🧪 Read: buff.ly/metevu2 Watch: buff.ly/z4WQFA5