The Vilcek Foundation
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The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
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https://www.vilcek.org 12-04-2012 18:52:21
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Shixin Liu of Rockefeller University and his research team with @LiuLab_Rockefeller have published a new study in nature Structural & Molecular Biology on the protein mutations that cause #RettSyndrome. Liu received a #VilcekPrize for Creative Promise in 2023. rockefeller.edu/news/36409-new…
🏅 Vilcek Prizewinner Katalin Karikó—Katalin Kariko will be honored by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory at their Double Helix Awards Dinner this November at American Museum of Natural History. Karikó & The Drew Weissman Lab received the The Nobel Prize in 2023 for their work on mRNA vaccines. cshl.edu/giving/double-…
📚 TIME Magazine lists Edwidge Danticat's latest book, "We're Alone," among the most anticipated books of Fall 2024. Danticat received the The Vilcek Foundation Prize in Literature in 2020. "We're Alone" is available from Graywolf Press September 3. time.com/7011159/best-b…
🧠@BroadInstitute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) biologist Aviv Regev is co-author on a new study published in @nature on how cellular communities in the brain impact the development of #Alzheimers. Regev was a Creative Promise Prize Honoree in 2009. Columbia University's CUIMC reports: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/cellular-…
Happy #PubDay to Edwidge Danticat for her new collection of essays, “We’re Alone,” out from @graywolfpress. Danticat received the 2020 The Vilcek Foundation Prize in Literature for her dazzling prose about the Haitian diaspora and more. @LitHub. lithub.com/edwidge-dantic…
🏆 Last year, we were delighted to see Vilcek Prizewinner Katalin Karikó—Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman—@weissmanlab receive the The Nobel Prize in medicine for their work to stabilize mRNA to create mRNA vaccines! We love seeing immigrant and women scientists recognized by Nobel!
Calling all Microbiologists: NYU Langone Health needs Assistant Professors! Join their team with folks like Heran Darwin, PhD and more! apply.interfolio.com/153243 #Science #phdlife
Vilcek Foundation Prizewinner and Joan Massagué is lead author on a new paper in @cellcellpress on how TGF-beta and RAS signaling pathways influence metastasis in lung #cancer. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reports on the new research. mskcc.org/news/tgf-beta-…
Diversity in the sciences enriches and broadens perspectives and possibilities in approaching our world's most challenging problems. We recognize the challenges that immigrants and #womeninstem like Katalin Kariko have faced, and we aim to change that. bunewsservice.com/despite-ever-i…
💡Rockefeller University reports on new research published by Kivanc Birsoy in nature, indicating how #Cancer cells use lipids to conceal themselves from the immune system. Birsoy, an immigrant from Turkey, received a #VilcekPrize for Creative Promise in 2020. rockefeller.edu/news/36468-can…
Both TGF-beta and RAS signaling pathways work to spur the spread of #cancer. While targeting TGF can have significant side effects, new research by MassagueLab suggests a new candidate for medical intervention. Read on from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. mskcc.org/news/tgf-beta-…
🗣 Daily reminder that the same genetic mutation that causes some alcohol drinkers to “glow” red might also fight infectious diseases like TB, according to findings by Vilcek Board Member and Science Advisor Heran Darwin, PhD! Learn more from NPR NPR's Short Wave npr.org/transcripts/11…
Vilcek Creative Promise Prizewinner Takanori Takebe of TAKEBE Takanori Laboratory and Cincinnati Children’s Research has won an #IgNobelPrize for research into “butt-breathing.” Yeah, we know that sounds funny, but it could actually have life-saving implications! Read more: prnewswire.com/news-releases/…