ASBMB Member Robert Lefkowitz awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.jpg "RLefkowitz") Oct. 10, 2012 -- Two American scientists, ASBMB member Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work revealing protein receptors that tell cells what is going on in and around the human body. Their achievements have allowed drug makers to develop medication with fewer side effects. More...
2012 Lasker Awards Honor Scientists For Groundbreaking Medical Research Sept. 10, 2012 — The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which for 67 years has championed the greatest advances in medical research, announced today the winners of the 2012 Lasker Awards: Michael Sheetz, James Spudich and Ronald Vale for basic medical research, Roy Calne and Thomas E. Starzl for clinical research, and Donald D. Brown and Thomas Maniatis for special achievement. More...
York Named Chairman of Vanderbilt’s Biochem Department John York, formerly of Duke University Medical Center, joined Vanderbilt University as chairman of its biochemistry department in July. He succeeded F. Peter Guengerich, who served as interim chairman for the past two years. York’s research focuses on elucidating cellular communication networks required for cellular survival and organismal development and investigating lithium’s role in the treatment of mental illness. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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