The Rockefeller University » The Surprising Biology of Mammalian Prions

Event Details

Type: Other Tri-Institutional Events
Speaker(s): Adriano Aguzzi, M.D., PhD hc, DVM hc, Director of the Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zürich
Open to: Public
Host: Dr. Andrea Ventura
Contact: Suzette Morgan
Phone: (646) 888-3715
Sponsor: Suzette Morgan
(646) 888-3715
morgans@mskcc.org

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