[Bioundgrd] Please RSVP for the HHMI Luncheon

[Kathleen Long]

Please RSVP for the lunch (mit.hhmi at gmail.com) by Wednesday, April 27th.



>Dear Biology Undergraduates,
>	I would like to invite you to attend 
>lunch with this years Howard Hughes Memorial 
>Institute Lecturer, Dr. Len Zon of Harvard 
>Medical School. The HHMI Lecture is the Biology 
>Undergraduate Student Associations flagship 
>event, and the luncheon is a great opportunity 
>to speak directly with a ground breaking 
>scientist. The lunch will be limited to the 
>first 40 people who RSVP to mit.hhmi at gmail.com.
>		The lunch will be Thursday April 28,2005 at 12PM
> 
>	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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