Shen-Han Lee

Honored to have won the 2025 Lasker Foundation Essay Contest! laskerfoundation.org/meet-winners-2… The @LaskerFDN is best known for the Lasker Awards, considered the second most prestigious prize in medicine and precursor to the Nobel Prize.

Albert Lasker was born #OTD in 1880. He and his wife Mary founded the Lasker Foundation to highlight the importance of biomedical research in improving human health. Which research question today do you think will have the biggest impact tomorrow? Let us know in the comments.👇 youtube.com/watch?v=ko714y…

“I think it’s important for everybody to say, ‘By the end of my career, what would I have liked to accomplish?’ Lasker President @clairepomeroy said at #JointMeeting2026. “Remember, grants and papers are surrogate markers. They aren’t why you’re doing what you’re doing. They allow you to do what you want to do.”

🧬 Marshall W. Nirenberg was born #OTD in 1927. He won a Lasker Award for deciphering the genetic code. Read about Nirenberg and several other Lasker Laureates who made discoveries concerning DNA: ow.ly/VIG750IAQOY @NIH

Have you heard about Lasker’s Video Contest? 🎥 Early-career scientists, we’re looking to hear from YOU on why a biomedical research question you’re studying has the power to benefit science and patients in the future. 🌟Videos should be under 2 minutes. Submit your entry by April 2, and stay posted for our announcement of the winners—to be featured by @jclinicalinvest—in July: ow.ly/7xsU50Yo8Cm

Our Video Contest starts TOMORROW. Early-career scientists, get into the specifics so that your entry shines! 🌟 Winners will receive $5,000 for educational expenses. Visit this page to learn about eligibility criteria and format: ow.ly/QvRL50Ynciz

Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Lunar New Year to all our students, staff and alumni celebrating in Cambridge and around the world 🎉

The topic for the 2026 #LaskerVideo Contest will be announced in three weeks! The contest invites early-career scientists and clinicians from around the world to showcase their passion for biology and medicine. Open to Medical students, interns, residents, and fellows; Doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in biomedical sciences; Trainees with up to six (6) years of post-PhD research experience; and Graduate students enrolled in health professions programs (e.g., public health, dental, pharmacy, etc.) who are currently engaged in research activities. Full criteria: ow.ly/L7uJ50Y8AlI

The 2026 #LaskerVideo Contest is less than a month away. The contest invites early-career scientists and clinicians from around the world to showcase their passion for biology and medicine. Open to Medical students, interns, residents, and fellows; Doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in biomedical sciences; Trainees with up to six (6) years of post-PhD research experience; and Graduate students enrolled in health professions programs (e.g., public health, dental, pharmacy, etc.) who are currently engaged in research activities. Full criteria: ow.ly/L7uJ50Y8AlI

Today I'd like to honor the memory of my mentor and friend, Roger Tsien, born 1952 February 1. Today would have been Roger's 74th birthday. Most know Roger for his 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize with Shimomura and Chalfie. Roger made GFP into the versatile imaging method it is now.

"Mathematical Oncology: How Modeling Is Transforming Clinical Decision-Making" A new review published in Cancer Research: aacrjournals.org/cancerres/arti…

Asking the right questions can be as, if not more, important than finding the right answers.

Merry Christmas to all our students, staff, alumni and friends around the world 🎄 📸 Lloyd Mann

There is a pressing need to reduce, if not eliminate, cancer care disparities not only in the United States but also globally.

Where do we stand with the Virtual Cell, the holy grail of biology? A feature @ScienceMagazine science.org/content/articl…

“My life in science has been a gift that has allowed me to explore the chemical logic of a living cell while also remaining keenly aware of the state of global health.”—#LaskerAward winner Lucy Shapiro #Lasker2025 #systemsbiology @StanfordMed @JAMA_current ow.ly/V1f250WYQsM

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. #LaskerLaureate @NancyGBrinker, founder of the @SusanGKomen foundation spoke with us in a #ClassicLasker podcast on her heroic efforts to increase funding for #breastcancer research. laskerfoundation.org/classic-lasker…

Physician-scientist Cynthia Tang discusses how to establish good working culture in collaborations in this edition of #AskAScientist. @_CynthiaTang @A_P_S_A

I am often asked what the one skill is that young scientists should work on the most. My answer: your storytelling via presentations. The better you present, the more your ideas travel, the more doors open, and the more people want to work with you. A few tips: Have one clear storyline that you want people to remember. Repeat it. Build your talk around it. Your slides are there to support you, not to talk for you. Think about the best TED Talks...if a slide has more than 10–15 words, it’s a distraction. Engage the room with confidence. Don’t hide behind the podium. Stand in front of your audience, make eye contact, and own the stage. A strong talk is a multiplier for everything you do. It helps you get published, win grants, and get hired. What is your single best tip for a memorable scientific presentation? hashtag#ScienceCommunication hashtag#PhDLife hashtag#Postdoc hashtag#PublicSpeaking hashtag#AcademicChatter hashtag#Leadership

"The success of curiosity-driven research is no curiosity at all."

Drs. Dirk Görlich and Steven McKnight have won the 2025 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for showing that low-complexity domains of proteins lack structure on their own and yet can form assembled states essential to cellular functions. Learn more in the Clinical Implications of Basic Research article “Surprisingly Complex Assemblies from Low-Complexity Domains” by Tanja Mittag, PhD, from @StJude: nej.md/4nnvn5K