September 30, 2004

Lifetime achievement Matthew Meselson has won the 2004 Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. The prize honors a lifetime of solving fundamental biological problems. (Staff photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Matthew Meselson wins Lasker Award
Biologist honored for a lifetime of achievement

HMS researcher named MacArthur Fellow
Vamsi Mootha recipient of foundation grant

Researchers find earliest known oven
New find in Israel shows that cereal production predates agricultural societies by millennia

Researchers illuminate blood clotting mysteries
Molecular twists and turns show path to better drugs

Computer scientists develop wireless system to watch Ecuadorean volcanoes
Battery-powered monitors to alert seismologists, officials, and area residents

Seeking security in the electronic jungle
In a virus-ridden world, Morrisett finds trust is overrated

PEPG named partner in Research Center on School Choice

Research in brief
Airway response mechanism in asthma investigated