Event Detail (Archived)

Genes, Leptin, and the Biologic Basis of Obesity

  • This event already took place in September 2015
  • New York Genome Center, 101 Avenue of the Americas, First Floor

Event Details

Speaker(s)
Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Marilyn M. Simpson Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Event URL
http://bit.ly/1KXi5oL
Open to
Public
Reception
Refreshments, 7:00 p.m.
Contact
Jennifer Busuttil
Phone
(718) 757-4169
Sponsor
Jennifer Busuttil
(718) 757-4169
jabusuttil@nygenome.org

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