Tuan Trang Wins Two Young Investigator Awards
Neuroscientist Tuan Trang (2014 RAF Scholar) has won two prestigious awards for studies on chronic pain and alternatives to opioids.
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Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
David Prober Illuminates How Light Affects Sleep Behavior
David Prober (2010 RAF Scholar) and his team have shown how a protein in the brain regulates sleep in response to light.
Rita Allen Foundation Featured in Inside Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy article highlights RAF’s Scholars program and the intrinsic connection between science and democracy…
Announcing the 2017 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
Early-career biomedical scientists to explore mechanisms of memory, injury and immunity in the nervous system and beyond The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2017 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to…
Joel Pomerantz: Immunity’s Molecular Dance
From his earliest days in the laboratory, Joel Pomerantz got caught up in “the thrill that you can actually discover new things with your own hands, with your own mind.” As an undergraduate at Brandeis University, he spent a summer learning how to detect biochemical changes that enable…
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.
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.
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…