Dr. Sydney Brenner - January 30, 2006 - Bio Science Lecture

About the Lecturer: Sydney Brenner Sydney Brenner received the 2002 Nobel Prize for his work on genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death. His discoveries have been significant for medical research and have allowed a deeper understanding of many diseases. Brenner, considered a pioneer in genetics and molecular biology, is also credited with the discovery of messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA) and how the order of amino acids in proteins is determined. He also conducted ground breaking work with the tiny worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, a model system now used to study genetics, aging, nerve cell function, and controlled cell death, or apoptosis. Currently, Brenner is a distinguished professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, where he has been studying vertebrate gene and genome evolution. Awards and Honors: Fellow of the Royal Society Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences Albert Lasker Medical Research Award, 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2002.

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