[bioundgrd] TODAY: HHMI Lecture with Dr. Carole Greider, 4-5pm, 76-156

[Joyce Roberge]

Dear Members of the MIT Biology Community:

The Biology Undergraduate Student Association (BUSA<http://mit.edu/busa/>) presents its annual Howard Hughes Medical Institute Lecture with Dr. Carol Greider<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a0Qy-B9VzM>, Daniel Nathans Professor & Director Molecular Biology & Genetics at John Hopkins University.

When: TODAY, March 15th, 4-5pm
Where:  Koch Institute Auditorium, 76-156
Subject:  Telomeres and Telomerase: Past, Present and Future

Dr. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, and she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostack for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. Reception to follow.



Joyce Roberge
Undergraduate Program
Biology Education Office 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-4718
fax: 617-258-9329
email: roberge at mit.edu<mailto:roberge at mit.edu>



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