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Barbara McClintock’s discovery of "jumping genes" reshaped our understanding of chromosomes. 🌽Her groundbreaking research was initially met with skepticism, but earned her a solo Nobel Prize in 1983. Learn more: carnegiescience.edu/news/interview… #HBDCarnegieScience 🎂

This is an article about my professional journey. I feel incredibly lucky to be part of @CarnegieScience and @CarnegieDevBio. carnegiescience.edu/news/postdoc-s…

🌟 National Medal of Science laureate and #CarnegieAlum Nina Fedoroff reflects on the groundbreaking discoveries of fellow Carnegie scientist Barbara McClintock. #HBDCarnegieScience carnegiescience.edu/news/interview…

🌱✨#CarnegieAlum Nina Fedoroff is the pioneering molecular biologist who sequenced the first complete gene! A National Medal of Science laureate, her research on plant genetics & stress response continues to shape modern agriculture. #HBDCarnegieScience carnegiescience.edu/donate-to-scie…

Our postdoctoral alumni may not come from a university, but they’re shaping science and society worldwide. Discover the thriving network of leaders who launched their careers here. #HBDCarnegieScience #CarnegieAlum Let's support the next generation! carnegiescience.edu/donate-to-scie…

We are making a decisive investment in the global fight against climate change by consolidating our life and environmental science research into a single location in Southern California. Learn more as we get ready to say #HBDCarnegieScience next week: carnegiescience.edu/about/initiati…

Carnegie Science has a long history of efforts to advance STEM literacy 🔭🧪🧫 , through organization-wide outreach and educational programs, as well as more targeted initiatives in our local communities. Help us say #HBDCarnegieScience! Learn More: carnegiescience.edu/donate-to-scie…

Arthur Grossman is Carnegie Science's newest member of the National Academy of Sciences. We sat down with him to discuss his wide-ranging research program and the philosophy that's resulted in decades of groundbreaking plant science. carnegiescience.edu/news/arthur-gr…

.@se_hampton is at the forefront of advancing safe research protocols in ice conditions. Earlier this year, she and her collaborators hosted “winter school” in Wisconsin, where early career researchers were trained in how to safely take samples from iced-over bodies of water.

“Looking ahead, we need to invest in a deeper understanding of the crucial roles that lake ice plays in the health of our planet and in the communities that depend on these bodies of water,” @se_hampton concludes.

Shorter ice duration and warmer temperatures put lakes at greater risk for water quality impairments, have implications for lake biodiversity, and affect the global carbon and water cycles, among other concerns, say @se_hampton and her co-authors.

The paper makes the case that studying lakes during wintertime—traditionally avoided due to logistical challenges and safety concerns—must be undertaken by ecologists around the world in order to truly understand the wide-ranging risks posed by ice loss.

“The average duration of iced-over conditions has decreased by 31 days over the last 165 years and thousands of lakes that historically froze over every winter now experience ice-free years,” Hampton explains. “This has major implications for communities around the world.”

The world’s lakes are freezing over for shorter periods due to climate change. This has major implications for human safety, as well as water quality, biodiversity & global nutrient cycles, according to a new review led by Carnegie Science’s @se_hampton. carnegiescience.edu/news/loss-lake…

Can you target nanoparticles to cancer cells? It's one of the things we're working on @KavliPrize laureate Robert Langer tells @franksesno tonight at our Capital Science Evening program. He also talks about regenerative medicine possibilities, like making new blood vessels.

"I do this work not just because I like curiosity-driven research, which I do, but because I like to make a difference," Moderna co-founder and 2024 @KavliPrize laureate Robert Langer tells @franksesno about the company's COVID-19 vaccine.

Emmy-winning journalist @franksesno talks to @KavliPrize laureate Robert Langer, co-founder of Moderna, about the company's ability to rapidly develop a safe vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and the challenges that many companies faced in developing to their own vaccines

Robert Langer discusses his prolific career in drug development with @franksesno at the @USNatArchives tonight as part of our @KavliPrize laureate conversation. He explains the possibility of creating personalized cancer-fighting vaccines using nucleic acids like mRNA.

.@KavliFoundation President Cynthia Friend tells the story of Robert Langer's 2024 @KavliPrize in Nanoscience for his breakthrough work in drug delivery.

Our @CarnegiePres Eric D Isaacs welcomes attendees to the @USNatArchives for a @KavliPrize Laureate conversation with Moderna co-founder and MIT professor Robert Langer.