The Ember List

Inside Brandeis' World-Class Science: Past, Present and Future

Saturday, October 24 · 9:30 AM – 10:45 PM · Brandeis University events · Waltham

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Join internationally recognized Brandeis scientists for a conversation on where life sciences have been and where they are heading. Hear from a distinguished panel that includes a Nobel Prize recipient, a National Medal of Science awardee, a MacArthur Fellow, and other distinguished researchers/teachers advancing discovery across the life and chemical sciences. Discover how Brandeis' culture of research excellence fuels scientific innovation and transforms the undergraduate educational experience. Panelists: James Haber, Abraham and Etta Goodman professor of biology and director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center. Recipient of the Genetics Society of America's Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal and member of the National Academy of Sciences. Eve Marder ’69, university professor and Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield professor of biology. Recipient of the Kavli Prize in neuroscience and the Gruber Neuroscience Prize, and member of the National Academy of Sciences. Joshua Meisel, assistant professor of biology and Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao endowed chair in neuroscience. His research explores mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegenerative disease. Michael Rosbash, professor of biology and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine and member of the National Academy of Sciences. Piali Sengupta, Harold and Bernice Davis chair in aging and neurodegenerative disease and professor of biology. Her research foc

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