The Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2025 Lasker Awards in biomedical research, with three ذكذكتسٍ¤ members among the awardees.
Steven L. McKnight was honored with the “for discoveries that exposed the structures and functions of low-complexity domains within protein sequences, revealing new principles of intracellular transport and cellular organization.†McKnight was elected to the ذكذكتسٍ¤ in 2005 and to the ذكذكتسٍ¤ (NAS) in 1992.
Michael J. Welsh was honored with the his key role in “developing a novel treatment for cystic fibrosis – a triple-drug combination that saves the lives of people with this lethal genetic disease.†Welsh was elected to the ذكذكتسٍ¤ in 1997 and to the NAS in 2000.
Lucy Shapiro was honored with the “for a 55-year career in biomedical science – honored for discovering how bacteria coordinate their genetic logic in time and space to generate distinct daughter cells; for founding Stanford’s distinguished Department of Developmental Biology; and for exemplary leadership at the national level.†Shapiro was elected to the ذكذكتسٍ¤ in 1991 and to the NAS in 1994.
