Portrait of Betty Ford in an orange turtleneck, highlighted as a Lasker Laureate with a quote about educating herself to educate others and starting a recovery career at 60.

Betty Ford, founder of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was born #OTD in 1918. The former first lady won a #LaskerAward for using her leadership and prestige to bring about lasting progress in research, medicine, and health aimed at alcohol and drug addiction. 🧪

📖 Read: http://ow.ly/E8OL30oehxq

Graphic honoring Sir David Baulcombe as a Lasker Laureate for discovering tiny RNAs regulating gene function in plants and animals.

🎉 We're wishing Sir David Baulcombe of Cambridge University a very happy birthday! He won the 2008 #LaskerAward for his contributions to #RNABiology. His discoveries revealed an unanticipated world of tiny RNA that regulate gene function in plants and animals: http://ow.ly/Zigk50IA3yV

#SciSky 🧪

Hospital corridor with text honoring Martha M. Eliot for leadership in Emergency Maternal and Infant Care Program, featuring ultrasound and historical portrait images.

Martha M. Eliot was born #OTD in 1891. She won a #LaskerAward in 1948 for the organization and operation of the Emergency Maternal and Infant Care program. 📖 Read more: http://ow.ly/BRZs50EgY9W

#WomenInSTEM 🧪

Portrait of Alfred Blalock honored for pioneering surgery on newborns with congenital heart defects, alongside images of a human heart and a newborn baby.

Alfred Blalock was born #OTD in 1899.

🧪 ❤️‍🩹 Blalock, of Johns Hopkins University, received the 1954 #LaskerAward for distinguished contributions to surgery, especially in newborn children with congenital heart defects. Read about his first successful “blue baby” operation: https://ow.ly/cnu350YxF2T

Portrait of scientist Jacques Miller with a microscope and a colorful microscopic cell image, highlighting his Lasker Laureate award.

Happy 95th Birthday, Jacques Miller! 🎉 🧪

Miller won a #LaskerAward for the discovery of #Lymphocytes, B cells, and T cells—a monumental achievement that provided the organizing principle of #AdaptiveImmunity. 📹 Watch: http://ow.ly/mtER50EbAJu

Portrait of Daniel E. Koshland Jr. honored as Lasker Laureate for lifetime contributions to medical science and communication.

Daniel E. Koshland Jr., #LaskerLaureate, was born #OTD. He was a visionary biochemist, tireless institution builder, and eloquent public communicator. He won the Special Achievement #LaskerAward for #SciComm and science education. 🧪 UC Berkeley

🎧 Listen to an interview: https://ow.ly/vxhS50YmMAX

A black and white headshot of scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini.

When Rita Levi-Montalcini was kicked out of school under Mussolini’s rule, she built a laboratory in her bedroom. 🔬🧪

She went on to win a #LaskerAward and #NobelPrize for the discovery of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF): http://ow.ly/vQJN50Nt2Rt

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

"TB is the world's deadliest infectious disease, claiming a life roughly every 20 seconds." [Detailed image of human lungs highlighting tuberculosis awareness for World Tuberculosis Day on March 24.]

Today is #WorldTBDay.

🧪 In 1955, four #LaskerAward winners were recognized for their work on isoniazid, an antibiotic for tuberculosis that is still in use today: https://ow.ly/FYrI50YoU84

🧪 Happy 89th birthday to 2-time #LaskerAward winner Robert C. Gallo! He discovered the 1st human RNA tumor virus & its association with certain leukemias & lymphomas, & identified #HIV as the cause of AIDS: http://ow.ly/abVm50IoEgV

📷: RNA polymerase by David Bushnell, Ken Westover & Roger Kornberg

🧬 🧪 Happy 94th birthday to Walter Gilbert! Gilbert won the 1979 #LaskerAward for developing a new technique for the rapid #sequencing of DNA. Harvard University

Read about it here: http://ow.ly/Ga9j50lUmWT

Scientist Rosalyn Yalow in a lab coat holding a pipette, working at a laboratory bench with scientific equipment in the background.

Rosalyn Yalow won a #LaskerAward for developing #radioimmunoassay, a technique for detecting hormones in the blood.🩸#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

🧪 Learn more about her: http://ow.ly/SYoR50Nikv6

Born #OTD, 1959 #LaskerAward winner Gilbert Dalldorf was recognized for his demonstration of the ability of one virus to modify the course of infection by another, and for his discovery of Coxsackie virus, which can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease.

🧪 Learn more: http://ow.ly/NWte50DTe96

Thomas E. Starzl was born #OTD in 1926. He won a #LaskerAward for the development of liver transplantation, which has restored normal life to thousands of patients with end-stage #liverdisease. ❤️‍🩹🧪

Read more here: http://ow.ly/1cbt30nL5RT

🧪 Happy birthday to Franz-Ulrich Hartl! He was recognized with a #LaskerAward in 2011 for his work on chaperone-assisted protein folding.

Read more: http://ow.ly/gr5b30nMJaK

Sir David J. Weatherall was born #OTD. He received a #LaskerAward in 2010 for discoveries concerning genetic blood disorders and for leadership in improving clinical care for thousands of children around the world with #thalassemia. ❤️‍🩹🧪 @oxforduni.bsky.social http://ow.ly/VXqO50Iehzi

🫁 Edward Robitzek, a lung expert, won a #LaskerAward in 1955 for establishing the efficacy of isoniazid drugs in the treatment of #tuberculosis. Discover more: http://ow.ly/Nar350CfQCe

#MedSky #SciSky 🧪

Edward C. Kendall was born #OTD in 1886. He won the 1949 #LaskerAward and the 1950 #NobelPrize for isolating and studying #hormones from the adrenal glands. 🧪http://ow.ly/EgVl30nL5RO

Black and white portraits of Elise L’Esperance and Catherine Mcfarlane with Lasker Foundation logo on the left.

🧪 In 1951, Elise L’Esperance and Catherine Macfarlane became the first women to win the Clinical #LaskerAward. They established some of the first clinics that offered routine screening for uterine and cervical cancer: http://ow.ly/40Cw50N95TH

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

Janet Rowley had to delay medical school because the quota for women had been filled. She went on to win a #LaskerAward for her work that made diagnosing cancer at the molecular level possible. #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

🎧🧪 Listen to her story: http://ow.ly/yFNf50IKOkR

Lasker Laureate Philip S. Hench studied the effects of various adrenal hormones as they became available for clinical trial, culminating in the demonstration of the therapeutic effect of cortisone in the management of rheumatic disorders. [Dark blue poster with white and yellow letters; features an image of the chemical structure of cortisol.]

Philip S. Hench was born #OTD in 1896.

🔬🧪 Hench won a #LaskerAward and a #NobelPrize for studies of adrenal hormones, culminating in the first use of #cortisone in severe rheumatoid arthritis and other severe inflammatory disorders: https://ow.ly/zugz50Yn3ZA

Alice Hamilton was born #OTD in 1869. She won a #LaskerAward for her work in industrial #toxicology, which has helped prevent occupational diseases in countless workers. Harvard University
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#WomenInSTEM 🧪

Molecularly targeted treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia - Lasker Foundation Explore All 2009 Winners & Awards > Brian J. Druker Oregon Health & Science University Nicholas B. Lydon Novartis Charles L. Sawyers Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center For the development of molecularly-targeted treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia,

Happy birthday to Nicholas B. Lydon, who won a #LaskerAward for molecularly targeted treatments for chronic myeloid #leukemia, converting a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition. 🧪
Novartis
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#OTD in 1924, #LaskerLaureate Michael Potter was born. He was recognized for fundamental research of immunoglobulin molecules, paving the way for the development of hybridomas and monoclonal antibodies. 🧪
#LaskerAward
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#OTD in 1926, #LaskerLaureate William Pollack was born. He received a #LaskerAward for his contributions to developing an anti-Rh vaccine, leading to the conquest of hemolytic disease of the newborn. 🧪
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Triple-drug therapy for cystic fibrosis - Lasker Foundation Explore All 2025 Winners & Awards > Michael J. Welsh University of Iowa Jesús González formerly at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Paul A. Negulescu Vertex Pharmaceuticals For their key roles in developing a novel treatment for cystic

Happy birthday to 2025 #LaskerAward winner Jesús González! González was recognized 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. 🧪
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Happy 90th birthday to J. Michael Bishop! He won the 1982 #LaskerAward for the discovery that oncogenes are present in normal cells. 🧪
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Renato Dulbecco, born #OTD, won a #LaskerAward for fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the relationship between #cancer and tumor-producing viruses. 🧪
http://ow.ly/TSLq30nxVVA
Salk Institute

Rene J. Dubos was born #OTD. He received the 1948 #LaskerAward for his studies on the antibiotic properties of soil bacteria, leading to the discovery of streptomycin. 🧪
The Rockefeller University
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Stanley N. Cohen recognized with the 1980 #LaskerAward for studying bacterial plasmids and pioneering recombinant DNA technology, which launched a new era in biomedical research. He was born #OTD. 🧪
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Stanford Medicine

Classic Lasker: Willem J. Kolff - Lasker Foundation What was life like for Lasker Laureates while they were doing their Award-winning work? Listen 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

#OTD in 1911, Willem J. Kolff was born. He received the #LaskerAward for developing renal #dialysis, which changed kidney failure from a fatal disease to a treatable disease. 🧪
The University of Utah
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