Camila dos Santos Identifies Critical Factor in Breast Stem Cells
Camila dos Santos (2016 RAF Scholar) and colleagues have found a potential target for killing breast cancer cells—a protein important for stem cell self-renewal.
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Carl Nathan Wins Heritage Healthcare Innovation Award
Carl Nathan (1984 RAF Scholar and Scientific Advisory Committee member) has received the 2017 Heritage Healthcare Innovation Award.
Ronald Vale Receives Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine
Ronald Vale (1989 RAF Scholar) has won the Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine for the discovery of molecular motor proteins.
Internet Archive Awarded Webby Lifetime Achievement Award
The Internet Archive (RAF grant partner) has received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award “for its unflagging commitment to making the world’s knowledge available online.”…
Joshua Mendell: Drawn to the Enigmas of RNA
Joshua Mendell launched his research career with a junior high science fair project on DNA mutation rates in bacteria. A graduate student who worked with his father, Jerry Mendell, a neurologist at The Ohio State University, assisted him with his project and taught him the basics of molecular…
Alex Kentsis Examines Origins of Pediatric Cancers
A study led by Alex Kentsis (2016 RAF Scholar) has yielded new insights into how a “jumping gene” contributes to pediatric cancers.
First Draft News (a sponsored project of Meedan)
First Draft News is a coalition of newsrooms, human rights organizations and social technology companies that work together to address challenges related to the use and verification of news content sourced from the social web. It produces guides and online tools, and conducts training to help journalists and…
Participation Lab
Innovative Science Programming
National Public Radio programs captivate and inform millions of listeners every day through a combination of rigorous journalism and riveting stories. With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, NPR is seeking to engage larger and younger audiences by expanding the reach and multimedia content of two popular science…