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Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian to Deliver 2025 Konrad Bloch Lecture on May 15

Nobel Laureate and HHMI Investigator Ardem Patapoutian, PhD will deliver the 2025 Bloch lecture. His talk, "May the Force Be With You! Piezo Channels in Mechanosensory Biology,” will…

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Pietro de Camilli to Present 2024 Konrad Bloch Lecture on April 11

This year’s Bloch lecture will be delivered by HHMI Investigator Pietro de Camilli whose research centers on neuronal cell biology in health and disease. At Yale University, where…

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On March 14, Helen Hobbs Presents 2019 Bloch Lecture

Following in the footsteps of our esteemed former colleague, Konrad Bloch, UT Southwestern Professor and HHMI Investigator Helen Hobbs investigates the genetic determinants of cholesterol levels  and cardiovascular…

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On April 19, Steven Henikoff Presents 2018 Bloch Lecture

This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Steven Henikoff, Member of the Basic Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Investigator of the Howard…

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On May 18, Yukiko Yamashita Presents 2017 Bloch Lecture

Yukiko Yamashita obtained her Ph.D from Kyoto University, Japan, completed the postdoctoral fellowship with Minx Fuller at Stanford University (2001-2006), She started her own laboratory at the University…

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ON APRIL 29, DENIS DUBOULE PRESENTS 2016 BLOCH LECTURE

This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Denis Duboule, a pioneer in revealing the roles of Hox genes in development and evolution. Duboule earned his PhD in…

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ON APRIL 2, MICHAEL ROSBASH PRESENTS 2015 BLOCH LECTURE

This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Michael Rosbash, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and the Peter Gruber Professor of Neuroscience at Brandeis University. Originally interested…

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ON MARCH 6, MARC KIRSCHNER PRESENTS 2014 BLOCH LECTURE

Marc Kirschner is an outstanding cell and developmental biologists whose contributions to biology are matched only by his record of granting the intellectual independence that allow his students…

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ON APRIL 11, STEVE MCKNIGHT PRESENTS 2013 BLOCH LECTURE

This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Steve McKnight, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  The title of his…

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STEVEN CHU PRESENTS 2011 BLOCH LECTURE

This year’s Bloch Lecture will be given by Steven Chu, the United States Secretary of Energy. The title of his lecture will be “The Role of Science, Technology…

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