Distinguished Lecture Series
The Duke University Distinguished Lecturer Series was instituted to bring inspiring, accomplished, distinguished lecturers to campus to illuminate progress and future areas of excitement in genetic and genomics. A key feature of the series is to provide a forum in which the students of the University Program in Genetics and Genomics assume a leadership role, with a faculty advisor, in identifying and inviting speakers, in designing the schedule for their visit, and in hosting and introducing the speakers. Students also attend lunches and dinners with the invited guests, who usually spend one to two days on campus also visiting with interested faculty.
Since the series inception in 2002, 18 distinguished lecturers have matriculated on campus over the five annual programs. These have included four Nobel Laureates (Eric Wieschaus, Craig Mello, Richard Axel, and Mario Capecchi), four recipients of the Lasker Award (Mario Capecchi, Carol Greider, Randy Schekman, Matt Meselson), and numerous members of the National Academy of Sciences (Mario Capecchi, Richard Axel, Douglas Wallace, Elliot Meyerowitz, Eric Wieschaus, Eric Lander, David Botstein, Carol Greider, Randy Schekman, Judith Kimble, Joan Brugge, Susan Lindquist, Craig Mello, Bonnie Bassler, and Matthew Meselson).
The series is supported by the Dean's office and School of Medicine, the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, the Cancer Center, and the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Medicine, Cell Biology, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Pathology, and Biochemistry.
2007-2008 Schedule
Svante Pääbo
Professor of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
“Genomic Perspectives on Human Origins”
August 28, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
103 Bryan Research Auditorium
Joanne Chory
Professor of Plant Biology, HHMI
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
“Molecular Mechanisms of Steroid Hormone Signaling in Plants”
October 19, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
103 Bryan Research Auditorium
John Doebley
Professor of Genetics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
“The Evolution of Plant Form: An Example from Maize”
February 29, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
103 Bryan Research Building
Harold Varmus
President
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“Mice, Genes, and Cancer”
April 14, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
TBD
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