Biological Sciences Symposium Showcases Grad Student Work
Nov. 9 event to include keynote address by Genentech researcher
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Durham, NC -- The 16th Biological Sciences Graduate Student Symposium will showcase a wide variety of biological research conducted by graduate students at Duke University including novel, cutting-edge research in biochemistry, cancer biology, cell biology, genomics, immunology, molecular biology, neurobiology, pharmacology, and toxicology.
The symposium, a student-organized scientific conference, will be held on Friday, Nov. 9. Selected student presentations and a poster session will be held during the morning session followed by an afternoon keynote address by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, senior vice president of research drug discovery at Genentech Inc. at 1:30 p.m. in 103 Bryan Research Building Auditorium on Research Drive.
Tessier-Lavigne, a National Academy of Science member and one of the world’s foremost experts in the fields of neuronal development and nerve regeneration, has had a distinguished career in both the academic and corporate sectors. He’ll speak on “Common Mechanisms of Axon Guidance, Axon Regeneration, and Vascular Patterning.”
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