Free Interactive Session with Nobel Laureate Dr. Craig Mello

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:28:18 -0400
lecture, medical

On Monday, November 4th, UMB is hosting Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Craig Mello for a lecture followed by a Q&A session. Dr. Mello is the Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine and Co-Director of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator since 2000. His pioneering research on RNA interference, in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Fire, has been recognized with numerous awards culminating with the prestigious 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

When: November 4th, 2013 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Where: Medical School Teaching Facility Auditorium

685 West Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

The lecture is being sponsored by The Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative, AstraZeneca/MedImmune, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. This interactive session will be filmed by The Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative as part of its global program to help Nobel Laureates share their inspirational stories and insights.