From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 16:55:59 PST
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Subject: Cornell News: Life sciences forums
N E W S A D V I S O R Y
Contact: David Brand
Office: 607-255-3651
E-mail: deb27_at_cornell.edu
March 3, 2003
Varmus, Fraser and Lederman to speak at three Cornell 'biorevolution' forums
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University, which has launched a major
research effort in the life sciences, is planning forums in three
cities over the coming months to showcase some of the university's
leading researchers exploring the "biorevolution" that promises to
change the course of biological research into medicine, food
production and the environment. The events are grouped under the
theme, The Power and Promise of Life Sciences.
The dates and venues for three forums, are: March 19, American Museum
of Natural History, New York City; April 12, tentatively scheduled at
the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; and May 8, Museum
of Science, Boston.
The forums will focus on innovative research collaborations among
biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers and computational
scientists. Participants will talk about the societal impact of this
collaboration and highlight research and recent discoveries in the
life sciences at Cornell.
Keynotes speakers at the events will be: in New York City, Nobel
laureate Harold Varmus, president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center and former director, National Institutes of Health; in
Bethesda, Claire M. Fraser, president, The Institute for Genomic
Research; and in Boston, David Lederman, chief executive of ABIOMED
Inc., maker of the world's first self-contained artificial heart. All
three forums will be hosted by Cornell's president, Hunter Rawlings.
Each event will feature Cornell faculty focusing on a theme:
"Revolutionizing Research: Where Human Health, Engineering and
Bioterrorism Meet" (March 19); "Accelerating Discovery: A New
Paradigm for Addressing Medicine, Food Production and the
Environment" (April 12); and "Improving Lives: Safer Food, Better
Medicine and Help Your Child to Read" (May 8).
All three forums will include a panel discussion on "The Business of
Life Sciences: The Next Big Thing," in which Cornell alumni from the
biotechnology, health-care and venture-capital sectors will discuss
the economic impact of the new life-sciences research.
Cornell faculty participating in the forums are involved in a $500
million New Life Sciences Initiative, the largest and most
far-reaching research effort in the university's history. A
centerpiece of the initiative is the Life Science Technology
Building, planned for a central-campus site.
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EDITORS: You or a representative are invited to attend one or more of
the forums. Each meeting begins with a reception at 2 p.m. and
concludes with an informal dinner at 7:15 p.m. For more information,
contact David Brand, Cornell News Service, (607) 255-3651.
The web version of this release may be found at
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/March03/Lifesci.forums.adv.deb.html
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