Source: UCSF Today
February 21, 2008

Leading Contributor to Human Genome Project to Speak at UCSF

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center invites members of the campus community to hear noted genomic researcher Eric S. Lander, PhD, who will present "Beyond the Human Genome Project" as part of the Sokolow lecture.

Lander's lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus. He also will present "Genomics and Medicine" at Medical Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 6, from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences West, room 300 on the Parnassus campus.

Lander is founding director of the Board Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, and a member of the Whitehead Institute. He holds faculty appointments as professor of biology at MIT and professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School.

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