Yale professor Joan Steitz awarded the 2018 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
On Sept. 11, 2018, Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, received the 2018ﾠ…
Arbutus’ CSO, Dr. Michael J Sofia, awarded Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
On Sept. 13, 2016, Arbutus Biopharma announced that Dr. Michael J. Sofia, Arbutus’ Chief Scientific Officer, had been…
Mary-Claire King received Lasker Foundation Award
On Sept. 8, 2014, the University of Washington and UW Medicine announced that Mary-Claire King, UW professor of…
Richard Scheller won Lasker Award
On Sept. 9, 2013 Genentech announced that Richard Scheller, Ph.D., Executive VP, Research and Early Development, was a…
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2012 Lasker awards honor scientists for groundbreaking medical research
On Sept. 10, 2012, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced winners of the annual Lasker Awards: Michael…
Ralph M Steinman at Rockefeller University received Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
On Sept. 15, 2007, Ralph M. Steinman at Rockefeller University received Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research…
Alain Carpentier in Paris and Albert Starr in Portland, Oregon received Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
On Sept. 15, 1997, Alain Carpentier at Hospital European Goerges Pompidou in Paris and Albert Starr at Providence…
Senator Mark Hatfield received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award
In 1995, Senator Mark Hatfield received the Albert Lasker Public Service Award “For energetic leadership and enduring advocacy…
Drs Roy Hertz and Min C Li, NCI scientists, won Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards
In 1972, Drs. Roy Hertz and Min C. Li, National Cancer Institute scientists, credited with discovering the first…
Hoffmann-La Roche Research Laboratories, Squibb Institute for Medical Research jointly received the Lasker Award award
In 1955, Edward Robitzek, Irving Selikoff, Walsh McDermott and Carl Muschenheim, The Hoffmann-La Roche Research Laboratories, Squibb Institute…
The Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards were founded
In 1946, the Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards (a.k.a. “America’s Nobels”), administered by the Lasker Foundation, were founded…
Karl Landsteiner’s discovered the four blood groups
In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an American biologist and physician, identified the three blood groups A, B and O. …
Albert Davis Lasker who founded The Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, was born in Freiburg, Germany
On May 1, 1880, Albert Davis Lasker an American businessman often considered the founder of modern advertising, who…