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Read Smart Podcast: Winner of Winners Shortlist – James Shapiro

Posted on April 6, 2023 (May 2, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast continues the Winner of Winners series, where each of the shortlisted authors is interviewed. This week, host Razia Iqbal will speak to James Shapiro, who won the prize in 2006 with 1599: A Year In The Life of William Shakespeare. Iqbal and Shapiro explore life in Elizabethan England, how Shakespeare managed to produce four great works (including Hamlet) in just one year, and why the rumors that Shakespeare was in fact more than one person are false. Hear more to discover how and why Shakespeare became one of the greatest writers ever. Listen now to hear all about it. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation. […]

Josh Groban, Julie Andrews & More to be Honored at New 42 WE ARE FAMILY Gala

Posted on April 5, 2023 (May 2, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

New 42 will present the return of their annual gala at the Plaza Hotel, which will be taking place on Monday, June 5 at 6PM. The We Are Family Gala, celebrating how theater builds connections across generations of families and artists, will honor Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nominee Josh Groban; Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner and Tony nominee Julie Andrews and her daughter, children’s book author Emma Walton Hamilton; and Sesame Workshop, along with their CEO Steve Youngwood. The We Are Family Gala leadership includes Fiona and Eric Rudin, Emily and Len Blavatnik, and Diane and Marc Spilker, and Chairs Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn, Sarah Long and David Solomon, and Gerri and Andy Sommers. […]

Israeli Scientists Awarded $100,000 For Groundbreaking Research

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Christine Ongsueng

Three young Israeli scientists have been awarded $100,000 each for their groundbreaking research. Since 2017, the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel has recognized the country’s most promising researchers in life sciences, physical sciences & engineering, and chemistry, and each year, one scientist in each category receives $100,000 to pursue their research. The prizes are awarded to scientists aged up to 42. The awards were established by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, which supports educational, scientific, cultural, and charitable institutions around the world. Over the past decade, it has contributed more than $1 billion to over 250 organizations. […]

Hebrew University Genetic Scientist Receives the Prestigious Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Israel

Posted on April 3, 2023 (April 3, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Shai Carmi, of the Braun School of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, received the 2023 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in the field of life sciences. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Blavatnik Family Foundation announced the award today. Prof. Carmi is considered one of the world’s leading researchers in genetic epidemiology and population genetics. His pioneering work combines models of genetic inheritance with algorithms to identify risks of future diseases using DNA testing. […]

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel Announces 2023 Laureates

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the New York Academy of Sciences announced today the Laureates of the 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. The Blavatnik Awards recognize outstanding, innovative scientists at the early stages of their careers, both for their extraordinary achievements and their promise for future discoveries. The prizes are awarded to researchers aged 42 and younger for groundbreaking work in life sciences, chemistry, and physical sciences & engineering. The Blavatnik Awards in Israel sit alongside their international counterparts, the Blavatnik National Awards and Blavatnik Regional Awards in the United States and the Blavatnik Awards in the United Kingdom. […]

New Marburg Outbreaks in Africa Raise Alarm About the Deadly Virus’s Spread

Posted on April 3, 2023 (April 4, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

World Health Organization officials visited the home of a possible victim of the Marburg virus during an outbreak in Angola in 2005. There are currently two outbreaks on both the west and east coasts of Africa. Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

Dr. Sullivan designed the Marburg vaccine candidate farthest along in development when she worked with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It showed safety and immune response in a Phase 1 clinical trial, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Washington that promotes global vaccine development, is continuing the testing process. The Sabin Institute said it had 600 doses of the vaccines in vials and ready to use and planned for an eventual stockpile of 8,000 by the end of this year. […]

PRESTIGIOUS BLAVATNIK AWARDS FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN ISRAEL ANNOUNCES 2023 LAUREATES

Posted on April 3, 2023 (April 3, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the New York Academy of Sciences, announced today the Laureates of the 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. This year’s Laureates, who will each receive US$100,000, are Shai Carmi, PhD (Life Sciences) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Recognized for fundamental contributions to the fields of population and medical genetics; Rina Rosenzweig, PhD (Chemistry) – Weizmann Institute of Science – Recognized for discovering the regulatory mechanism by which a particular class of proteins, “chaperone” proteins, drive the innate ability of our cells to prevent and reverse protein aggregation—a phenomena associated with many neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases; and Zvika Brakerski, PhD (Physical Sciences & Engineering) – Weizmann Institute of Science – Recognized for developing the first efficient encryption algorithm that allows cloud computers to perform computations on encrypted data without the need to first decrypt them. […]

Idealizing Zion: Visualizing the Jewish State

Posted on March 31, 2023 (April 4, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The Blavatnik Archive and the Center for Jewish History are excited to announce an upcoming exhibit in the Valentin Blavatnik Gallery at the Center for Jewish History. The exhibit, generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, will open on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, and in tandem with the symposium “Zionism and American Jews: Bringing Us Together and Pulling Us Apart,” which will take place on April 30 at the Center for Jewish History. […]

Read Smart Podcast: The Winner of Winners Shortlist – Craig Brown

Posted on March 31, 2023 (March 31, 2023) by Christine Ongsueng

The latest episode of The Read Smart Podcast features host Razia Iqbal speaking to Craig Brown about his book One, Two, Three, Four: The Beatles in Time, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2020. One Two Three Four is a kaleidoscopic and unique exploration of the timeless band. In the episode, the originality of the book is explored, alongside how Brown feels ahead of the winner announcement. Listen now to hear all about it. The podcast is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
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Developing custom apparatus to determine battery electrolyte sweet spots

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Christine Ongsueng

There are only a few surface force balances in the world, and Susan Perkin’s group has one of them. ‘You can’t go and buy one,’ explains Perkin. Staff in the mechanical and electronic workshop in the University of Oxford’s chemistry department make all the components for the instrument Perkin works with. Perkin was recently named the chemistry laureate of the 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. In particular, the award highlighted the experimental observations she has made using the surface force balance. […]