Dr. Joan Steitz, former Jane Coffin Childs Fellow and former Chair of the Fund, was recently honored with the prestigious Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science “for four decades of leadership in biomedical science […]

Caption: When human placental tissue (fluorescence microscopy image shown) is exposed to interferon-β, it develops syncytial knots, which appear as protruding bulges, not seen in healthy tissue. Credit: Yockey et al., Science Immunology (2018) Dr. […]

Caption: Chromosomes (stained red) align and attach to microtubules (green) in the mitotic spindle before cell division. Credit: Jason Stumpff Dr. Sue Biggins, a new member of the Board of Scientific Advisors, was the first […]

This image shows an example of defects in the development of the embryonic central nervous system in stored eggs that lacked the Fmr1 gene — stored being the key word, since un-stored eggs showed normal […]

Caption: Dr. Bonnie Bassler. Photo Credit: Alena Soboleva   Hello JCC Fellows, Scientific Board Members, and Friends, I am delighted to be the new Chair of the Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA). I look forward […]