SIROCCO Coordinator David Baulcombe receives Lasker Award

David Baulcombe, Coordinator of FP6 Integrated Project SIROCCO, is being honoured with the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his discovery of how tiny RNA molecules govern gene activity through a process known as RNA silencing.

David Baulcombe, Coordinator of FP6 Integrated Project SIROCCO, is being honoured with the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his discovery of how tiny RNA molecules govern gene activity through a process known as RNA silencing. Professor Baulcombe (University of Cambridge) established that small RNAs silence genes in plants thus catalyzing discoveries of many such RNAs in a wide range of living things. His findings led to the identification of the biochemical machinery that unifies numerous processes by which small RNAs govern gene activity. First presented in 1946, the Lasker Awards are America's most distinguished honour for outstanding basic and clinical medical research discoveries and for lifetime contributions to medical science. Professor Baulcombe and co-recipients Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun will receive the awards at a ceremony on Friday, September 26th at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.

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