Classic Lasker
The Albert and Mary Lasker FoundationListen in as Award Winners share their personal stories. You will hear about starting off in research during a World War, learn how Laureates navigated family and career, and find out how their discoveries, now heralded as groundbreaking, were met by their peers. Whether you’re a history buff, a science enthusiast, or a history of science nerd, this podcast from the archives of the Lasker Foundati... more
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Categories | Life SciencesHistoryScience | ||||
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“The natural history of heart valve disease had not changed in hundreds of years—until Dr. Starr stepped in.”
In September 1960, Albert Starr performed the first successful valve-replacement surgery on a human patient. He placed a mechanical valve... more
“By the time we finished walking across this great lawn, we had decided on this exciting experiment.” —Elizabeth Blackburn on meeting her collaborator, Jack Szostak at a research conference.
Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak won ... more
Roderick MacKinnon won the 1999 Lasker Award for elucidating the structure of potassium channels. His work provided the first molecular description of an ion selective channel and helped knock down what he called “psychological barriers” in the field... more
Lasker Laureate Daniel Koshland’s work changed our understanding of how enzymes interact with their substrates. In this 1998 interview with Robert Tjian, a fellow professor at Berkeley, Koshland talks about how the scientific community reacted to his... more
“It wasn’t enough to sit at the table,” said Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, “we wanted to be the table.” Brinker, a 2005 Lasker Laureate, tells the story of how a small startup nonprofit came to lead the effort to increase f... more
In May of 1995, a man was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition and broke his neck, becoming paralyzed from the shoulders down. This would be a life-altering injury for anyone, but this man was Christopher Reeve, the actor who played... more
Lasker Laureate Alec Jeffreys developed DNA fingerprinting, a technology that revolutionized human genetics and forensics diagnostics. He thought that it would take years to see his technique used outside of the lab. “But,” he says, “I could not hav... more
“The idea of spending your time digging into mysteries…I thought that would be a wonderful way to spend your life.”
Evelyn Witkin did spend her life digging into mysteries, and she was recognized with the 2015 Lasker Award for her work that solved ... more
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