Genomics & Genetics Head of Faculty Rudolf Jaenisch on his research into reprogramming somatic cells
Head of Faculty for Immunology Frederick Alt on his lab’s interests in the immune system and the genome.
It is with great sadness that we note the death of Dick Heinegård, former F1000Prime Section Head in Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, who passed away on May 1st. Dick Heinegård was Professor of Medical and Physiological Chemistry at Lund University in Sweden from 1983, and joined F1000Prime in 2005 as head of the Cartilage Disorders…
At the end of April, the National Academy of Sciences announced 84 new members and 21 foreign associates to join the ranks of its current members, individuals who are recognized for their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research”. We are delighted to congratulate the following F1000Prime members on their election to this prestigious group…
Sadly, we note the death of Dr Daniel Traber, former Faculty Member in Critical Care & Emergency Medicine, who passed away in September last year. Dr Traber worked for over 50 years at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) as a professor and research scientist of anaesthesiology and neuroscience, and joined the Metabolic Disorders…
We’re delighted to be able to congratulate Ed Boyden, Faculty Member in Neuroscience, on recently being awarded the prestigious ‘Brain Prize’. The €1 million Brain Prize is awarded by the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation in Copenhagen in recognition of highly influential and original work on brain research. Ed and his co-recipients Ernst Bamberg,…
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The Canada Gairdner International Award is an annual prize that recognises significant contributions by biomedical scientists to understanding, treating and curing human disease. Recipients are nominated and then selected by two panels of leading Canadian and international scientists, and many previous recipients have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. Congratulations to Stephen Elledge, Faculty…
This year marks 150 years since the founding of the National Academy of Sciences. On the 28th April, at their 150th annual meeting, the NAS will honour those who have made outstanding contributions to physical, biological, and social sciences. Our congratulations to David Karl, Section Head of Ecosystem Ecology at F1000, on being awarded the…
We would like to congratulate Joachim Messing, Faculty Member in Genomics & Genetics, on being awarded the 2013 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his contributions to the field of genetic engineering. His work at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, of which he is Director, Rutgers University, New Jersey, has earned him this accolade “for innovations…
