[Bioundgrd] Len Zon - HHMI Lecture - April 28th at 2pm

[Janice Chang]

>
>Dear Biology Undergraduate and Faculty,
>	I would like to invite you to attend this 
>years Howard Hughes Memorial Institute Lecture 
>on Thursday April 28,2005 at 2PM in 10-250. This 
>is the flagship event of the Biology 
>Undergraduate Student Association and we are 
>proud to host Dr. Len Zon of Harvard Medical 
>School as he presents
>	"Making Stem Cells into Tissue: A Fishy Tale."
> 
>Please join us for the lecture and 
>reception..........
> 
>	            ........April 28,2005 @ 2PM 
>in Room 10-250
> 
>	                       		        
>Sincerely, Christina Greene
> 
>		Biology Undergraduate Student 
>Association Co-President
>
>	Dr. Leonard I. Zon is the Grousbeck 
>Professor of Pediatric Medicine at Harvard 
>Medical School, an Investigator with the Howard 
>Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of the 
>Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston. 
>. Dr. Zon is President of the International 
>Society for Stem Cell Research, President of the 
>American Society for Clinical Investigation, 
>Head of the external investigators of the 
>Zebrafish Genome Institution and Chairman of the 
>Harvard Stem Cell Instituteís Executive 
>Committee.
>	Dr. Zon is internationally recognized for 
>his pioneering research in the new fields of 
>stem cell biology and cancer genetics. His 
>current research focuses on two critical avenues 
>of investigation: identifying the genes that 
>direct stem cells to become cancers or to 
>develop into more specialized blood or organ 
>cells, and developing chemical or genetic 
>suppressors to cure cancers and many other 
>devastating diseases.
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