[Bioundgrd] HHMI Lecture - Prof. Phil Sharp -TODAY at 2pm in 10-250

[Janice Chang]

The Biology Undergraduate Student Association (BUSA) is proud to 
present the 2004 Howard Hughes Memorial Lecture speaker:

Dr. Phillip Sharp
1993 Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine


Lecture by Dr. Sharp
"The Surprising Biology of Short RNAs"
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Time: 2 PM
Location: 10-250

Reception to follow

Since BUSA's inception, one of our main activities has been to host 
the annual Howard Hughes Memorial Lecture. The day features 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.


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.


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.


More information about Dr. Sharp can be found here: 
http://web.mit.edu/busa/www/hh.shtml


                                       Sincerely,
                                       The BUSA Executive Board
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