2008 Richard A. Scott Lecture – May 13, 2008:
Craig C. Mello, Ph.D.
Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Return to the RNAi World: Rethinking Gene Expression, Evolution and Medicine”
2006 Nobel Laureate Dr. Craig C. Mello is widely known for his groundbreaking work in the area of RNA interference (RNAi). Together with colleague Andrew Fire, currently at Stanford University School of Medicine, they demonstrated in 1998 that double stranded RNA was capable of silencing gene expression in a sequence-specific manner. The ability of RNA to regulate gene expression has since been shown to be a normal part of the developmental process for a wide array of organisms, including humans. The discovery of RNAi has not only proven to be an extremely powerful research tool for studying gene expression, but also a potential therapeutic avenue for diseases like cancer, heart disease, and viral infections
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
4:00 – 5:00 pm; reception to follow
Hughes Auditorium, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
303 E. Superior Street
Chicago Campus
This event is co-sponsored by the Integrated Graduate Program’s “Lectures in the Life Sciences.”
The Richard A. Scott, MD Lecture Series is funded by a bequest from Richard A. Scott, MD, who graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1968, and by donations from his wife, Anne Lesak Scott.
Related Links:
- Dr. Mello's faculty webpage
- Dr. Mello Wins 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (HHMI announcement or Nobel Prize website)
Past Scott Lecture speakers include:
2007 - Susan Lindquist, PhD
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Member, Whitehead Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute
2006 - David
Altshuler, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Attending physician in the Diabetes Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Program in Medical and Population Genetics at the Broad
Institute
2005 - Richard
P. Lifton, MD, PhD
Chair of genetics and professor
of internal medicine, genetics, molecular biophysics, and biochemistry,
Yale University School of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2004 - David Botstein, PhD
Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics
Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
2003 - Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD
Professor and Director, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine,The
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2001 - Patrick O. Brown, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Video webcasts are available for each lecture.