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Cell biologist
wins Lasker prize

Alumni Faces

Alumni Notes

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Cell biologist
wins Lasker prize
James E. Rothman, Ph.D. 71, the Paul A. Marks Chair of the Cellular
Biochemistry and Biophysics Program and vice chair of the Sloan-Kettering
Institute, was one of two scientists honored with the 2002 Albert Lasker
Award for Basic Medical Research. Rothman and colleague Randy W. Schekman
discovered the universal molecular machinery that orchestrates the budding
and fusion of membrane vesicles, a process essential to organelle formation,
nutrient uptake and secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters. The mission
of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation is to increase public awareness,
appreciation and understanding of promising achievements in medical science
in order to promote public support for research.
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