Michelle Monje of Stanford Medicine won the 2023 Richard Lounsbery Award for advancing understanding of pediatric brain cancers and the neurological effects of cancer treatments. On October 24, join the live webcast of her Lounsbery lecture at Vassar College, where she'll explore her groundbreaking research on neuron-glial interactions in health and disease, from cognition to cancer. Register here: https://ow.ly/8ZtP50TIYS2 #NASaward
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. The NAS was signed into being by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1863, at the height of the Civil War. As mandated in its Act of Incorporation, the NAS has, since 1863, served to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. Scientific issues would become even more contentious and complex in the years following the war. To keep pace with the growing roles that science and technology would play in public life, the institution that was founded in 1863 eventually expanded to include the National Research Council in 1916, the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, and the National Academy of Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) in 1970. Collectively, the four organizations are known as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Starting soon: Michelle Monje is giving her Lounsbery Lecture at 5 pm ET! Tune in LIVE as she explores the role of neural-glial interactions in cognition, cancer, and more. Vassar College Watch here: https://ow.ly/xqw950TS6Fu
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Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (SciComm Excellence)! The awards, given by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Sciences, recognize science journalists, research scientists, and science communicators who have developed creative, original work to communicate issues and advances in science, engineering, and medicine to the general public. Learn more about the winners’ contributions to the understanding of science: https://ow.ly/R0rE50TSNvU #sciencecommunication #sciencejournalism #science
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Congratulations to the newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine! Among the honorees are nine #NASmembers: Lisa Coussens, Joseph Heitman, Yishi Jin, Peter A. Jones, Haifan Lin, Trudy Mackay, David Mangelsdorf, Olivier Pourquié, and Hao Wu. See the full list: https://ow.ly/HMcb50TQYIi
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The NAS is proud to announce a new partnership with the Einstein Foundation Berlin for the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research! This annual prize recognizes researchers and institutions whose work helps “to advance the quality and robustness of research findings — whether they are breaking new ground, using and testing innovative methods, or collecting and sharing their data in novel ways.” "A core mission of the NAS is to recognize and promote outstanding science,” says NAS President Marcia McNutt. "Therefore, I am pleased that the NAS is now a partner in this global award to honor work that fundamentally advances the quality, transparency, and reproducibility of science and research.” Read the full announcement: https://ow.ly/BviF50TPQzY
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Congratulations to #NASmember Daron Acemoglu for being awarded the #NobelPrize in #economics alongside Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their research on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity. Read the press release: https://ow.ly/YUcc50TKMtS
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In the latest Issues in Science and Technology, NAS President Marcia McNutt is joined by other voices in the science community in a call for action on how to strengthen U.S. science and keep it globally competitive. Read their recommendations: https://ow.ly/OCpH50TJBmQ
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Congratulations to #NASmember David Baker, who has been awarded one half of the 2024 #Nobel Prize in Chemistry! He is recognized for his work on computational protein design. The other half was awarded jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.” https://ow.ly/v1pO50THL2U
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The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to AI pioneers and #NASmembers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton! Congratulations on this esteemed recognition of their discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks. https://ow.ly/WKU750TGIuF
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Last call to submit your nominations for the 2025 NAS Awards! The deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM ET. #NASaward Nominate now: https://ow.ly/1Z7I50TFXz8
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