Events
15th Annual Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
6:30 – 8:00 PM
2018 Prize Recipient:
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
2018 Prize Presenter:
Agnes Gund
President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Founder and Chair, Studio in a School
Founding Donor, Art for Justice Fund
The CRISPR Revolution
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
7:30 – 9:00 AM
Speaker:
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Science Goes 3-D
Revealing the Atomic Secrets Inside Our Cells
Thursday, October 25, 2018
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Speakers:
Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics
The Rockefeller University
Jue Chen, Ph.D.
William E. Ford Professor
Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics
The Rockefeller University
CELEBRATING SCIENCE
Benefit Lecture & Dinner
Sleep: A Necessary Luxury
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
5:30 PM Cocktail Reception | 6:30 PM Lecture | 8:00 PM Dinner
Host:
Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
President
The Rockefeller University
Honoring:
Pat and John Rosenwald
Speaker:
Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
Richard and Jeanne Fisher Professor
Laboratory of Genetics
The Rockefeller University
A Voyage Into an Invisible World
How Modern Microscopes are Transforming Science
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
7:30 – 9:00 AM
Speaker:
Alison North, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Bio-Imaging Resource Center
The Rockefeller University
What Makes Us Human?
The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Speakers:
Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D.
Professor
Laboratory of Neural Systems
The Rockefeller University
Christina Pressl, M.D.
Stavros Niarchos Clinical Scholar
Laboratory of Neural Systems
The Rockefeller University
Women & Science Spring Lecture and Luncheon
Diet, Genes, and Disease
Thursday, May 9, 2019
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Speaker:
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Director
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
