American scientist #JonasSalk died #onthisday in 1995. #polio #vaccine #virologist #medicine #research #polio vaccine #epidemiology #science #trivia #LaskerAward #MarchofDimes
The #HPV vaccine has reduced the number of #cervicalcancer cases around the world. It was developed by #LaskerAward winners John T. Schiller and Douglas R. Lowy. National Cancer Institute ow.ly/cFWi50Ey70u #WorldImmunizationWeek #NationalCancerControlMonth
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Ve yılın Lasker Foundation tarafından verilen Lasker Bilim Ödülü #LaskerAward : 'Proteinlerin 3D yapısını tahmin eden devrim niteliğinde bir teknoloji AlphaFold'un icadı' için Google DeepMind'dan Demis Hassabis ve John Jumper'a.
İkili yılın Breakthrough ödülünü de kazandı!
2023 #LaskerAward ceremony, brilliant work:
1) #OCT imaging (for eye care): David Huang, Jim Fujimoto, Eric Swanson OHSU Casey Eye MIT EECS #NEIfunded
2) #AlphaFold ( #AI to predict protein structure): Demis Hassabis, John Jumper Google DeepMind
3) Special Achievement: Piet Borst
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”.
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H.M. Shepard, D.J. Slamon, and A. Ullrich were recognized with a #LaskerAward for their invention of Herceptin, the 1st monoclonal antibody that blocks a cancer-causing protein, and for its development as a life-saving therapy. #NationalCancerControlMonth
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Congrats to Dr. David Huang, who was presented with his 2023 #LaskerAward at the recent Lasker Foundation ceremony. He holds his award along with Dr. Brian Hofland (@RPB_org), Dr. Michael Chiang (@NEIdirector) & Dr. David Wilson. Learn more: bit.ly/3PWkzwv #ohsu #LaskerAward
Ernest A. McCulloch was born #OTD in 1926. He won the 2005 #LaskerAward for experiments that first identified a stem cell — the blood-forming stem cell — which set the stage for all current research on adult and embryonic #stemcells . University of Toronto ow.ly/VEaV50IRQNX
Happy birthday to Brian J. Druker! He won a 2009 #LaskerAward for the development of molecularly-targeted treatments for #chronicmyeloidleukemia , converting a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition. OHSU News #NationalCancerControlMonth
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Congratulations to John Jumper, BS’07, who received the prestigious 2023 Basic Research #LaskerAward for his work with #AI .
Learn more about Jumper, who recently visited campus to speak about his work as part of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences Apex Lecture series: vu.edu/-962j
👏👏 We want to congratulate the #LaskerAward laureates Lasker Foundation, for discoveries that opens up a new area of biomedical science.
🟢Prof. Demis Hassabis and Prof. John Jumper
🟡Prof. James G. Fujimoto, Prof. David Huang and Prof. Eric Swanson
🔵Prof. Piet Borst
#research
Always love to hear about the amazing science that is celebrated by the Lasker Foundation #LaskerAward , but the work on #OCT by Fujimoto, Huang, and Swanson that received the #Lasker2023 clinical award is particularly special to me since it helped save my 👁️ 🙏: ow.ly/Pnj050PNTLN
The 2021 #LaskerAward laud the #AlphaFold by Google DeepMind, employing #AI to decode protein structures from amino acid sequences🧬.
Today's NEJM summary by Russ Altman sheds light on it: bit.ly/48svlTh.
Kudos to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work!🎉👏
#LaskerLaureate Choh H. Li was born #OTD in 1913. In 1962, Li won the #LaskerAward for the identification and isolation of six hormones of the anterior pituitary gland. University of California ow.ly/kQZF30oehyj
Remembering the remarkable journey of Evelyn M. Witkin, a 2015 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award recipient. Explore her substantial contributions to science in this insightful PNAS retrospective: ow.ly/mFg650PQMFW Lasker Foundation #LaskerAward
Rita Levi-Montalcini, who was born #OTD in 1909, won a #LaskerAward for the original concept that cell growth is governed by protein molecules and for the discovery of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). ow.ly/H63Z30oehyo
#WomenInSTEM
The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award from the Lasker Foundation has recognized the exceptional work of @DemisHassabis and John Jumper. Explore the full story in the PNAS Perspective: ow.ly/CcNi50PQLfR #LaskerAward #Lasker2023 #structuralbiology Google DeepMind
Deeply honoured to receive the 2023 #LaskerAward with John Jumper for our work on #AlphaFold - now used by 1M+ researchers to advance a huge range of work including drug discovery - and delighted this will bring attention to the potential of AI to enable science at digital speed!