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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected Whitehead Institute postdoctoral researcher Maiko Kitaoka as a Hanna H. Gray Fellow. As one of 25 scientists selected for the prestigious appointment this year, Kitaoka will receive funding that supports her postdoctoral training and may continue into her early career year as independent faculty. “I’m incredibly thankful to HHMI for believing in…

The Koch Institute at MIT is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award, Johanna Gassler and Ruxandra-Andreea Lambuta. The prize was established in 2021 to recognize graduate students in the life sciences or biomedical research from institutions outside the United States who embody Dr. Amon’s infectious enthusiasm for discovery science. Both of this year’s…

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) presented Rhoda Au, PhD, MBA, professor of anatomy & neurobiology, with the 2023 Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alzheimer’s Drug Development for her pioneering work with digital biomarkers. The annual award honors prominent scientists who are recognized for their work transforming the Alzheimer’s clinical trial space and was presented at the Ninth…

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the selection of the 2023 Hanna Gray Fellows, a cohort of 25 early career scientists who represent a promising future for biomedical science. These outstanding researchers will continue their postdoctoral training at 18 institutions across the United States. The HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program provides each fellow with up to $1.5 million…

The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF), the leading advocacy organization supporting education, research, and policy to transform the treatment of brain aneurysms, today announced the recipients of its 2023 research grants, providing support to academic researchers studying the underlying biology of aneurysms or developing new treatment methods. This year’s grantees include leading academic researchers from across the United States and Canada…

Harvard Medical School researcher Dennis Kasper has been named the recipient of the 2024 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, Germany’s most prestigious medical award. This award honors scientists who have made critical contributions in the fields of immunology, cancer research, hematology, microbiology and chemotherapy — areas transformed by the work of Nobel Prize laureate Paul Ehrlich, the German physician-scientist…

Dr. Steve Ramirez, an Assistant Professor from Boston University’s Center for Systems Neuroscience, Psychological & Brain Sciences is honoured as an ALX100 Amplifier. Amplify LatinX announced its 2023 slate of ALX100 Amplifiers in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month during its inaugural ALX100 award reception to celebrate 100 leaders from across the Commonwealth. ALX100 Amplifiers are leaders, risk-takers, quiet disruptors, and…

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2024 to Professor Hao Wu, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. She receives the prize for her ground-breaking studies of complex protein structures in the innate immune system. The innate immune system provides the body with its first line of response to dangerous…