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Event Details

Type

Friday Lecture Series

Speaker(s)

Richard A. Young, Ph.D., professor of biology and member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker bio(s)

The gene expression program of any particular cell largely defines its identity and its functions. Learning how gene expression programs are regulated is important for understanding the control of cell identity and development. Dr. Young will describe new insights into the regulation of gene expression programs in mammalian cells. These regulatory insights provide new opportunities for the development of novel therapeutics for cancer and other diseases.

 

Dr. Young's research accomplishments range from the development of genome-wide analysis technologies to identification of the core regulatory circuitry of human embryonic stem cells. Dr. Young received his B.S. in biological sciences at Indiana University, his Ph.D. in molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University and conducted postdoctoral research at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research and at Stanford University. Dr. Young joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in 1984. Since 1999 he has been an extramural faculty member at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and since 2004 he has been an associate member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He has served as an advisor to Science, the National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization. Dr. Young’s honors include membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the Chiron Corporation Biotechnology Research Award and Yale’s Wilbur Cross Medal. In 2006 Scientific American recognized him as one of the top 50 leaders in science, technology and business.

Open to

Public

Reception

Refreshments, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Abby Lounge

Contact

Gloria Phipps

Phone

(212) 327-8967

Sponsor

Gloria Phipps
(212) 327-8967
phippsg@rockefeller.edu