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Science for Life — Science for a Cure: Answers Come from Basic Research

Mission Bay

1:00 PM- 5:00 PM

  • Thursday, November 5, 2009
Description:

A special symposium featuring:
Nobel Laureates Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein and
Peter Kim of Merck and Genentech’s Mark Tessier-Lavigne.
and the directors of the Gladstone Institutes
Science for Life — Science for a Cure:
Answers Come from Basic Research

November 5, 2009
Robert W. Mahley Auditorium
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Reception to follow
  —      PROGRAM     —

1:00–2:30 p.m.  Introduction
Deepak Srivastava, M.D. Director
Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
 
Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
Regental Professor and Chairman
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nobel Laureate
      and
Michael S. Brown, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine & Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Nobel Laureate
“Cholesterol Regulation: A Hydrophobic Handoff”

Robert W. Mahley, M.D., Ph.D.
President
The J. David Gladstone Institutes

“Apolipoprotein E: From Atherosclerosis to Alzheimer’s Disease to AIDS”


2:30–4:00 p.m.      Introduction
Lennart Mucke, M.D.
Director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
Peter S. Kim, Ph.D.
President, Merck Research Laboratories
“Improving Human Health Through Translational Research”

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Genentech, Inc.
” Disease Research, Drug Discovery, and the Future of Personalized Medicine”
 

Warner C. Greene, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
“The Gladstone Model: Science with a Purpose”

Room Name/Number: Mahley Auditorium, Gladstone Institutes
Event Web Page: www.gladstone.ucsf.edu
Open to Audiences: All
Event Types: Community, Seminar
Contact: Jessica Valdez
Job Title: Development Assistant
Contact Phone: 415-734-2087
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