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Gerstner Philanthropies focuses on biomedical research, educational opportunities, environmental sustainability, and assistance for people who have suffered a temporary setback and could use a “helping hand” to restore their equilibrium.
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Global Methane Hub’s Enteric Fermentation R&D Accelerator Launches Research Strategy to Advance Livestock Methane Mitigation Efforts
August 30, 2024
The Global Methane Hub’s Enteric Fermentation R&D Accelerator has published its Research Strategy, marking a milestone in the fight to tackle livestock methane emissions. The accelerator was launched last year with support from Gerstner Philanthropies, the Bezos Earth Fund, High Tide Foundation, and several other private and public funders. Agriculture accounts for 40% of global methane emissions, with 70% of that coming from methane produced during livestock digestion. As methane is 86 times more potent than CO2, this marks a significant step in the fight to curb climate change. “The Accelerator’s research strategy will address key knowledge gaps in each of the identified focus areas,” says Hayden Montgomery, Program Director of Agriculture. “As new scientific information emerges, additional research areas will be incorporated in the research strategy, ensuring it remains up-to-date and responsive to the latest developments, to ultimately, develop cost-effective mitigation solutions to directly decrease livestock methane emissions.”
Read More at globalmethanehub.org
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2024 GSK Chairman’s Prize Recognizes Renhe Luo for Research on Gene Enhancers
August 30, 2024
Renhe Luo, PhD, who recently graduated from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSK), has been awarded the 2024 Chairman’s Prize. The competitive award is presented annually and was established by GSK’s Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Louis V. Gerstner Jr., for whom the school is named. This year’s $2,000 Chairman’s Prize was awarded to Dr. Luo for his research on gene enhancers, which are regulatory DNA sequences that are critical in determining when and where genes are turned on or off. Enhancers play an important role in development, cell differentiation, and the response to environmental signals. “This research provides strategies for discovering more comprehensive enhancer sets, both in normal development and in cells transitioning to cancer cells or other disease cells,” Dr. Luo says.
Read More at MSKCC.org
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Lou Gerstner shares the origin of and his vision for the emergency grants program, lessons learned over the past decade, and his belief in the critical importance of the work.
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