NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York University hosted the second Art Bio Matters (ABM) conference virtually September 22 - 24, 2021. ABM aims to provide a stimulating forum in which to explore current and new directions in the study of biological materials found in cultural heritage collections through a biannual meeting and a dedicated website. A key aspect of the forum is the opportunity to discuss research at any stage of completion among a balanced community of ex

On April 16, 2021, the World War I Centennial Commission celebrated the Inaugural Raising of the Flag of the United States of America...

The US government, through the State Department-sponsored Stevens Initiative, is joining with the non-profit organization Games for...

The Lounsbery sponsored Genes, Germs and Medicine: The Life of Joshua Lederberg by University of Toronto historian of science Jan Sapp...

Lounsbery Director Catherine Dulac was named a recipient of the NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award on March 1, 2021. NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Awards are presented to pioneering scientists and scholars who, through their innovative, groundbreaking research, have made a significant contribution to their respective fields and who inspire the world around them. Their bold ideas and unique approaches involve interdisciplinary collaboration and apply

Dr. Feng Zhang is the 2021 recipient of the Lounsbery Award for his achievements developing CRISPR tools with potential to treat diseases.

High school students at BioBus, Inc. (a Lounsbery grantee) in New York City are a step ahead as they begin work to prepare for and...

It was announced today that Lounsbery Director Max Angerholzer was named as the new CEO of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation.

Lounsbery Chairman Jesse Ausubel in the News: A study published today shows that loose DNA in seawater offers a cost-effective way to...

Lounsbery Director Nicholas Burns is one of three authors of the new report entitled "A U.S. Diplomatic Service for the 21st Century."

OGL has launched a new long-term undergraduate student research program called “Student Research in DNA Preservation.”

Lounsbery Director Catherine Dulac was awarded a 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences on September 10, 2020.

Scientists have come to believe Leonardo da Vinci’s superfast eye may have helped him catch the enigmatic magic of Mona Lisa’s smile. In...

For the past six years Richard B. Primack and John W. Wilson have been working to produce the first conservation biology textbook dedicated entirely to an African audience. The textbook is now complete and is available for free via Open Book Publishers . In just eight months, the textbook has already been downloaded almost 10,000 times. Click here to learn more about this Lounsbery supported project.

Students at IIT Tirupati have developed a game called "SurviveCovid-19", designed to raise awareness of the dangers of not social distancing

Humpback whales have, in the past 10 years, started to make New York Bight—the crescent of ocean stretching from Cape May, New Jersey, to the far tip of Long Island—part of their annual migration. Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, senior scientist at the New York Aquarium and director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Ocean Giants Program, grew up on Long Island and has spent the past 30 years studying whales in every ocean on Earth. Rosenbaum's team maintain acoustic monitoring sy

Please click here to access the Foundation's 2013 - 2019 program report. This report includes a detailed listing on the Foundation's...

Biodiversity Heritage Library has released over 150,000 artworks of the natural world.

Marie Manceau of the Collège de France was named the 2020 recipient for her studies in the evolution of patterns in nature.

“Global, Single Cell Views of Human and Mouse Development"

A new website has been designed for the Foundation, offering much more than the original from 2004.

Catherine Dulac was named the 2019 recipient of the Ralph W. Gerard Prize.

The Foundation turned sixty this year. It was established in 1959 by a Lounsbery family trust and became the foundation that it is today...

Biology, especially genetics, has become an increasingly powerful science in recent decades, affecting not only medicine and health care, but other fields as well. During the 1990s, DNA infused courtrooms, and became crucial evidence in trials ranging from Central Park to the White House. Faculty from research institutions provided expertise on the accuracy, precision, and reliability of various techniques and helped modify them to become more useful. DNA forensics and rel