STEM Pathways - NYAS

Expert Speaker Talk Lurie Prize Winners 2023 Presented by FNIH and The New York Academy of Sciences

April 19, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET

Embark on an exhilarating journey into mitochondrial breakthroughs with 2023 Lurie Prize Winners, Drs. Chandel and Mootha. Uncover Dr. Chandel’s revelations on mitochondria as powerful influencers of our daily functions and disease and learn about Dr. Mootha’s, MitoCarta. Following the talk, participants are invited to dive into a Q+A session and connect with Drs. Chandel and Mootha directly. Register now for this thrilling night of cutting-edge science, discoveries, and insights.

Grace Wang

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The New York Academy of Sciences looks to the future and continues to empower the next generation of STEM professionals. As the science and technology landscape rapidly evolves, this is particularly an exciting time to be part of the Academy.

David Charbonneau

2016 Blavatnik National Laureate and Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University

There are too few opportunities for scientists to actually come together and share the really big ideas. One of the really great things that we get out of the annual Blavatnik Symposium is that you have this community of young scientists that come together in many different fields.

Len Blavatnik

Founder
Access Industries and Blavatnik Family Foundation

Young scientists represent the future of scientific thought. By honoring these young individuals and their achievements we are helping to promote the breakthroughs in science and technology that will define how our world will look in 20, 50, 100 years.

Michal Lipson

Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Applied Physics
Columbia University
Blavatnik National Awards Scientific Advisory Council

There are a few awards for young scientists, but almost all of them are based on proposals that you submit, and not on the actual work that you do as a young scientist. The Blavatnik Awards is true recognition of the work of young scientists; it is unique in that sense. There is no equivalent.

Ruslan Medzhitov, PhD

Yale School of Medicine (2007 Faculty Regional Award Winner)

The Blavatnik Awards are very special because they are given at a stage of a scientific career when recognition is most meaningful and has a long-lasting impact. This was certainly the case for me. The award given at the early stage of a scientific career not only recognizes past accomplishments, but also the future promise. This provides a powerful motivation to deliver on that promise.

Shruti Naik, PhD

New York University’s Langone Medical Center (2019 Early-Career Scientist Award Winner)

Receiving the Innovators in Science Award is really such an honor. It’s a really great way to start out my research career and also be recognized for some of the findings I’ve had thus far. In many ways it validates my approach as a scientist.

Michele De Luca, MD

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2019 Senior Scientist Award Winner)

Receiving this award for me is very important. Mainly because it comes from the scientific community. That your colleagues recognize your work is of particular value. And it’s going to push us hard to continue.

Jeong Ho Lee, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (2020 Early-Career Scientist Award Winner)

It is a great honor to be recognized by a jury of such globally respected scientists whom I greatly admire. More importantly, this award validates research into brain somatic mutations as an important area of exploration to help patients suffering from devastating and untreatable neurological disorders.

Adrian R. Krainer, PhD

St. Giles Foundation Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (2020 Senior Scientist Award Winner)

I’m extremely honored to receive this recognition for research that my lab and our collaborators carried out to develop the first approved medicine for SMA. As basic researchers, we are driven by curiosity and get to experience the thrill of discovery; but when the fruits of our research can actually improve patients’ lives, everything else pales in comparison.