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December 2023
Announcing the 2024 Innovators in Science Award Winners
Last week, Takeda and The New York Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the 2024 Innovators in Science Award for their excellence in, and commitment to, innovative science that has significantly advanced the field of research in cancer immunology. Each winner receives an unrestricted prize of USD 200,000.
The 2024 Senior Scientist winner is Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., the Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology and director of The Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy at Washington University in St. Louis.
The 2024 Early-Career Scientist winner is Elham Azizi, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and the Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cancer Data Research at Columbia University.
Congratulations to both winners of the 2024 Innovators in Science Award! Read the press release to learn more about the winners and the work for which they are being recognized.
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February 8, 2024
Pioneering Novel Drug Delivery Systems: The Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium (https://events.nyas.org/event/b7af297e-24a8-40f6-88a6-e01059f8574d/summary?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=dpja&utm_content=enews)
February 13, 2024
Transition to Research Independence: Funding and Grantsmanship (https://events.nyas.org/event/a39268f8-74c5-46b5-a81a-d6838e7f79b7/summary)
Starting February 28, 2024
Online Course: How to Effectively Communicate Your Science to Any Audience (https://www.nyas.org/events/2024/online-course-how-to-effectively-communicate-your-science-to-any-audience-spring-2024/)
Starting March 7, 2024
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April 17, 2024
Cancer Metabolism and Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment (https://events.nyas.org/event/44e2c34f-b601-4f6d-a430-147e221a9c90/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cancermetabolism&utm_content=enews)
May 21-23, 2024
Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy (https://events.nyas.org/event/89c9111c-0f44-4e8e-979c-e54f4fecfb41/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cancerio24&utm_content=enews)
May 29-30, 2024
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April 18, 2024
The Chemical Biology Discussion Group End-of-Year Symposium
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Catalysing Change: 9 Young Scientists Transforming Our World (https://events.nyas.org/event/5ff910b8-9c61-425d-bc94-b1e20e9d3465/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BAYSUK&utm_content=enews)
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Science Unusual: Gearing Up for the Next Global Crisis (https://campaign.nyas.org/isrrecordings) http://isr.nyas.org/
Catch up on six recent events hosted by the International Science Reserve
The Future of Science (https://www.nyas.org/news-articles/academy-news/the-new-york-academy-of-sciences-hosts-open-house-to-inaugurate-its-new-headquarters/)
This panel discussion was hosted LIVE and in-person at the Academy’s new headquarters. Hear from Academy President & CEO, Nicholas Dirks, and panelists Darío Gil, PhD, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at IBM; Aida Habtezion, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Worldwide Medical & Safety at Pfizer; Subra Suresh, PhD, former Director of the National Science Foundation and former President of Carnegie Mellon.
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The Junior Academy of The New York Academy of Sciences Honored as a Finalist in the Education, Art, & Culture category for the Third Annual Anthem Awards (https://www.nyas.org/press-releases/the-junior-academy-of-the-new-york-academy-of-sciences-honored-as-a-finalist-in-the-education-art-culture-category-for-the-third-annual-anthem-awards/)
The New York Academy of Sciences announced that its highly regarded Junior Academy has been named a Finalist in the Education, Art, & Culture category in the Third Annual Anthem Awards. The Anthem Awards honors the purpose and mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide.
Academy President Nicholas B. Dirks featured in ‘Research Outreach’ magazine (https://www.nyas.org/news-articles/academy-news/academy-president-nicholas-b-dirks-featured-in-research-outreach-magazine/)
In a recent interview with Research Outreach magazine, Nicholas B. Dirks, President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, discussed a range of contemporary scientific topics from effective science communications in a post-COVID-19 world to the importance of including diverse perspectives in the practice of science to how societies can best prepare for the next global crisis.
Academy President and CEO Nick Dirks Discusses the Promise and Peril of AI at Techonomy 23 (https://www.nyas.org/news-articles/academy-news/ai-could-make-humans-even-less-exceptional/)
The New York Academy of Sciences’ President and CEO, Nick Dirks, was a featured speaker at Techonomy 23. The theme of the conference was The Promise and Peril of AI.
Diving deeper than the philosophical dimensions of consciousness (https://www.nyas.org/news-articles/academy-news/diving-deeper-than-the-philosophical-dimensions-of-consciousness/)
A recent episode of Big Think’s “Dispatches from the Well” series examines the concept of consciousness and how it’s deeper than just a philosophical construct.
The Junior Academy Challenge Winning Team: Greetopia Team (https://www.nyas.org/news-articles/academy-news/greetopia-team/)
Learn about the winning team of the challenge “The Green Redesign: Improving Energy Efficiency in Cities Using 5G and IoT”, sponsored by Ericsson.
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