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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The Biology Undergraduate Student
Association (BUSA) is proud to present the 2004 Howard Hughes Memorial
Lecture speaker:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><font size="+2"><b>Dr.
Phillip Sharp<br>
</b></font>1993 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>BUSA members can attend a FREE LUNCH with
the Howard Hughes speaker, which gives them the unprecedented
opportunity to interact with a scientist who has made significant
contributions to the field. The lunch with Dr. Sharp will be limited
to 40 students on a first-to-sign-up using the online form.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center">Free Lunch with Dr.
Sharp<br>
<i>(limited to 40 people so sign up fast!)<br>
</i>Sign up form<font color="#0000FF"><u>
http://web.mit.edu/busa/www/hh_luncheon.shtml</u></font><u><br>
</u>Date: Thursday, May 6, 2004<br>
Time: 12-1:30 PM<br>
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Lecture by Dr. Sharp<br>
<i>"The Surprising Biology of Short RNAs"<br>
</i>Date: Thursday, May 6, 2004<br>
Time: 2 PM<br>
Location: 10-250<br>
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Reception to follow<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Since BUSA's inception, one of our main
activities has been to host the annual Howard Hughes Memorial Lecture.
The day a lecture by a distinguished biologist. In 2004 we hosted
Nobel Laureate Dr. Lee Hartwell. In 2002 we hosted Dr. Cori Bargmann,
a professor at University of California at San Francisco and in 2001
we hosted Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore, President of the
California Institute of Technology.<br>
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Professor Phillip A. Sharp is Founding Director of the McGovern
Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was
named Institute Professor in 1999. Dr. Sharp has authored over 300
scientific papers and serves on many scientific advisory
boards/committees, including the National Cancer Instituteís
Advisory Board, which he chaired for two years (2000-2002), the Sloan
Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Ludwig Institute for
Cancer Research<i>.<br>
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</i>Dr. Sharp is co-founder of Biogen, Inc., 1978, Chairman of the
Scientific Board (to 2002) and Member of the Board of Directors.
He is also co-founder of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (2002) where he
serves as Chairman of the ScientificBoard and is a member of the
companyís Board of Directors.<br>
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More information about Dr. Sharp can be found here:<font
color="#0000FF"><u>
http://web.mit.edu/busa/www/hh.shtml</u></font><u><br>
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