mikedilger on Nostr: China-born scientist Chen Zhijian wins ‘America’s 🌈 Nobel’ 👍 for medical ...

China-born scientist Chen Zhijian wins ‘America’s 🌈 Nobel’ 👍 for medical research ========== 👍 Chen Zhijian, a China-born scientist, wins the 2024 Albert Lasker Award 🔥 for basic medical 👍 research for 👍 his 💯 discovery of 👍 the enzyme 👍 cGAS, which plays 🎉 a crucial 😀 role in the immune response to pathogens. 😂 He is the sixth scientist of Chinese origin to receive this award and the second in the basic research category since 1962. Chen, 58, 👍 was born in 👍 Fujian province, graduated from Fujian Normal University in 😂 1985, 🎉 and earned 🎉 a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo 🎉 in 🎉 1991. He established his 🎉 lab 😀 at the University of Texas Southwestern 🤔 Medical Centre 👍 in 1997 🤔 and was 😂 elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2014. 🎉 The Lasker Awards, established in 1945, are often seen as 🎉 precursors to the 🌈 Nobel 🔥 Prize. 🌈 The awards 🎉 ceremony will 🎉 take 😂 place in New York 🔥 on September 22, 2024. #ChenZhijian 👍 #LaskerAward #MedicalResearch 🎉 #Cgas #NobelPrize #Immunity #Cancer #InfectiousDiseases #BiomedicalResearch 🔥 #UniversityOfTexas https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3279364/china-born-chen-zhijian-wins-top-us-medical-research-prize-said-foretell-nobel