"I was a disappointment to anybody who was thinking about where my career might go, because I lived in my van and planted trees in the Pacific NW... I spent a day reading Scientific American... and I said, you know what, maybe I'll go to grad school." -Nobel laureate Gary Ruvkun shorturl.at/jmg1l

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells

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Huge congratulations to Gary Ruvkun, former director of the MBL Biology of Aging Course! He was awarded the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine along with Victor Ambros for their discovery of a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. 🧪

Gary Ruvkun, Former MBL Course Director, and Victor Ambros Receive Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | Marine Biological Laboratory

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Victor and Gary are just the smartest, nicest and most curiosity-driven scientists I know. This also highlights the importance of studying diverse organisms, and emphasizes how shortsighted it is to dismiss a finding because it has no 'relevance to human health'. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 was awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun "for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation"

Today's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology is built on curiosity-driven research. Victor Ambros wanted to know what sets the developmental clock that determines that particular life-cycle events happen at the right developmental time. 1/2 🧪

An apropos day to reflect on my grant reviewer's "overriding issue of physiological significance of findings in worm models and how they are extended to mammalian systems."

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun - two of the nicest, friendliest, most generous scientists out there. So awesome. And yeah, go worms (again!)!!!!!