CRISPR documentary, Human Nature, now available on NOVA
Human Nature, a documentary film discussing the promises and challenges of gene editing, is now available on NOVA…
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The Merkin Institute for Translational Research, under the leadership of director Barbara Wold, funds 21 interdisciplinary projects on COVID-19
The Merkin Institute, with director Barbara Wold (1983), supports new grants for bold and rapid coronavirus research at Caltech…
New article from First Draft highlights the impact of data voids on coronavirus misinformation
First Draft provides insights on data voids, their impact on the pandemic, and a new tool to monitor data voids on social media…
Meaghan Creed and Jordan McCall receive major grant awards from NIH
Rita Allen Scholars Meaghan Creed (2019) and Jordan McCall (2019) receive their first R01 grants from NIH as junior faculty…
The Fund for Shared Insight is accepting applications for the web-based feedback initiative, Listen4Good Online+
Listen4Good Online+, an initiative from Shared Insight, is accepting applications through August 12 from nonprofits interested in change through feedback…
A new article from the Columbia Journalism Review discusses the success of The Conversation in covering the coronavirus pandemic
Non-profit news source, The Conversation, has thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on academic, scientific journalism…
The Pershing Square Foundation awards grants for innovative SARS-Cov-2 research projects to scientists including David Tuveson and Sohail Tavazoie
Rita Allen Scholars David Tuveson (2004) and Sohail Tavazoie (2009) will study COVID19 treatments and immunogenetics with grants from Pershing Square…
Peter Kim and colleagues at Stanford University are developing an antibody test for COVID-19
A collaboration of researchers at Stanford, including Rita Allen Scholar Peter Kim (1990), will develop a serological assay for COVID-19 testing…
Researchers at First Draft identify the impact of misinformation and disinformation on social media platform, TikTok
A study completed by First Draft evaluates how misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic is shared on TikTok…
H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics awarded to Bruce Stillman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Rita Allen Scholar Bruce Stillman (1983) receives 2020 Heineken Prize for his research on proteins involved in DNA replication…