Dr. Paul Nurse
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Nobel Prize Winning Biologist Dr. Paul Nurse to Speak at Adelphi University on November 18, 2009
Garden City, NY
August 14, 2009
Adelphi University is pleased to welcome Dr. Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize co-recipient and president of Rockefeller University, as he delivers the annual Dakin Memorial Lecture. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in Adelphi’s Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. This is a free event, open to the public.
Performing extensive research in the United Kingdom, Dr. Nurse has a primary focus on cell division and cell shape. This work has led him to identify a key regulator molecule that functions in cellular reproduction, which has vast implications in understanding the growth and development of cancer cells. Dr. Nurse has made numerous contributions to the field as head of Cancer Research UK, the largest volunteer-supported cancer research organization in the world.
Dr. Nurse was knighted in 1999 for his outstanding research in cytology, and received the Albert Lasker Award for basic medical research, as well as the 2001 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. A fellow of the Royal Society, Dr. Nurse is also a foreign associate of the U.S. Academy of Sciences.
The Dakin Memorial Lecture is an endowed lectureship, which celebrates the work and achievements of Henry Drysdale Dakin and aims to inspire embryologists to emulate the splendid example he set during his lifetime.
For more information about this and other events on campus, please visit
www.adelphi.edu, or call the Cultural Events Hotline at (516) 877-4555.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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