[Bioundgrd] Tomorrow: HHMI Lecture: "Making Stem Cells into Tissue: A Fishy Tale," Presented by Dr. Len Zon

[Kathleen Long]

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>>Dear Biology Undergraduates,
>>	I would like to invite you to attend this 
>>year's 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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