Yale’s Craig M. Crews has been named the winner of the 2024 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, the largest biochemistry award in the U.S.
Biochemist Jennifer Doudna received the inaugural Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on Tuesday. The prize will be awarded annually to a scientist who has made “outstanding research contributions into the molecular basis of life with a direct demonstrated link of their discovery into clinic for.
Plus, MacKenzie Scott gave Girls Scouts of the USA nearly $85 million, and Nvidia Corporation founder Jen-Hsun Huang and his wife, Lori, gave their alma mater $50 million for research into artificial intelligence, materials science, and robotics.