Huda Zoghbi came to the US as a refugee from Lebanon. At Baylor, her lab discovered the cause of Rett syndrome. She recently founded Cajal Neuroscience to develop new drugs for Parkinson’s. If America wants to lead in STEM, we should let in more immigrants like Huda, not fewer.
Columbia Medicine
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Sep 2
Columbia University will award the 2026 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi for their pioneering work on epigenetic regulation in the nervous system and its role in human neurological disease, particularly Rett syndrome. Read more: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/2026…

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Replying to @JSheltzer
It might be better to have new power houses of science, like China, so immigrant scientists are not forced to choose from a few countries . In particular, Western countries have benefited from immigrant scientists for a long time while also mistreating them every now and then.
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Practical and specific, the kind of post worth saving. You clearly care about the people you serve, and it shows. Would love to send you a special offer with my work and a quote; X opens DMs after a follow back, whenever suits you — the offer is about sheltzerlab . org.
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