‘Telomeres and Telomerase in health and disease'
Date and Time:
Thursday 18 February 2010
6 pm - 7.30 pm
Venue:
Sir Robert Blackwood Concert Hall
Building 2, Monash University
Wellington Road
Clayton VIC 3800
Free public event
RSVP mnhs.rsvp@med.monash.edu.au
or contact Megan Keating on 03 9905 5971
Professor Elizabeth Blackburn is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on telomeres, the structures located on - and protecting - the ends of chromosomes.
One of the most distinguished molecular biologists in the world, she completed much of her high school and early university studies in Melbourne.
Based at the University of California, San Francisco, Professor Blackburn is a Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash University.
Join us on this occasion as we hear Professor Blackburn present ‘Telomeres and Telomerase in health and disease', presenting a fascinating insight from the cutting-edge of science.
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