September 27, 2024
In the video below, watch HWNI member Randy Schekman, professor of molecular and cell biology, explain his curiosity-driven research in just 101 seconds for UC Berkeley’s “101 in 101” series. Schekman’s discoveries about the functioning of yeast cells earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013. Today he is investigating what happens in human cells in patients living with Parkinson’s disease, which may someday lead to a way to stop this disease.