The Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) is a postdoctoral fellowship program, with missions "to identify and fund exceptional young scientists at a critical juncture of their training in all areas of basic life sciences" and "to establish partnerships between those who support research in the life sciences and academic institutions for their mutual benefit".
Historical background
LSRF was established in 1983 by
Donald D. Brown
Donald David Brown (December 30, 1931 – May 31, 2023) was an American biologist and one of the founders of molecular embryology.
Early life
Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Dr. Albert Brown, an Ophthalmology, ophthalmologist, and Lo ...
of the
Carnegie Institution for Science
The Carnegie Institution of Washington (the organization's legal name), known also for public purposes as the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS), is an organization in the United States established to fund and perform scientific research. Th ...
Department of Embryology. As one of four highly competitive postdoctoral awards in the life sciences, each year LSRF receives more than 1000 applications and awards 15-25 fellowships. The Board of Directors also includes
Douglas Koshland
Douglas E. Koshland is a professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Biography
Koshland is the son of Marian (née Elliot) and Daniel E. Koshland Jr. He earned his B.A. in Chemistry from Haverford C ...
and
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who has made wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry. He studied at Georgetown University, and has conducted the majority of his research at ...
. The 56 sponsors include many top companies in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.
In 2012, Brown won the
Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award
The Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award is one of the four Lasker Awards given by the Lasker Foundation for medical research in the United States. The first award was given in 1994; it is not awarded every year. In 2008, the award was renamed ...
in Medical Science, in part for his initiation and 30-year dedication to LSRF.
Alumni
Notable alumni include：
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Philip Beachy Philip Arden Beachy (born October 25, 1958) is Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California and an Associate at Stanford's Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
Early li ...
of
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
*
Ben Barres
Ben A. Barres (September 13, 1954 – December 27, 2017) was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Beginning in 2008, he was chair of the ...
of
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
*
George M. Church
George McDonald Church (born August 28, 1954) is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, and a serial entrepreneur who is widely regarded as the "Founding Father of Genomics", and a pioneer in personal genomics and synthetic bio ...
of
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
*
Gerald F. Joyce of the
Scripps Research Institute
Scripps Research, previously known as The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institu ...
*
Robert Sapolsky
Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In ad ...
of
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
.
References
External links
*{{Official, https://lsrf.org/
Fellowships
Life sciences industry