December 2010
December 1, 2010 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. Carol Greider
"Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Age Related Disease"
Carol Greider, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate, and the Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Institute for Basic Biological Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, will present the annual Florence S. Mahoney Lecture on December 1, 2010. Her lecture, "Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Age Related Disease," can be viewed live via videocast.
December 8, 2010 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. George Church
"Personal Genomes, Environments & Traits (GET) : Technology for Aging, Alcohol, Allergy, Arthritis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Developmental, Dental, Metabolic, Mental, Neurological and Sensory Health and Diversity"
George Church, Ph.D., a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, will present "Personal Genomes, Environments & Traits (GET) : Technology for Aging, Alcohol, Allergy, Arthritis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Developmental, Dental, Metabolic, Mental, Neurological and Sensory Health and Diversity" on December 8, 2010. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
December 14, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater Dr. Richard Klausner
"The Challenges of Bringing "omics" to the Clinic - Lessons for Molecular Diagnostics"
Richard Klausner , M.D., former NCI Director and former Executive Director for Global Health of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will present “The Challenges of Bringing ‘omics’ to the Clinic - Lessons for Molecular Diagnostics” on December 14, 2010. The lecture can be viewed live via videocast.
December 15, 2010 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium Dr. Jean Bennett
"Seeing is Believing: A Gene Therapy Success"
Jean Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., a Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, will present the first Director's Lecture of the year on December 15, 2010. Her lecture, "Seeing is Believing: A Gene Therapy Success," can be viewed live via videocast. This WALS event is hosted by the Women Scientist Advisors.
