[Bioundgrd] TODAY, 2PM: HHMI Lecture: "Making Stem Cells into Tissue: A Fishy Tale," Presented by Dr. Len Zon

[Kathleen Long]

>>>
>>>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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