Date:                           Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Time:                           2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Place:                           Lubin Theatre, Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary

Speaker:                      Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, 2005 Gairdner Laureate, Professor, Rockefeller

                                    University, Investigator, HHMI, New York, NY, USA

Lecture:                       "Leptin & the homeostatic control of energy balance"

Speaker:                      Dr. Samuel Weiss, Gairdner Laureate 2008, University of Calgary, AB, CA

Lecture:                       "Adult neural stem cells:  From basic science to therapeutic applications"

Speaker:                      Dr. Victor Ambros, Gairdner Laureate 2008, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

Lecture:                       "Micro RNA pathways in animal development"

Host:                          Cyril B. Frank, M.D.,  Professor, Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director, Alberta Bone &
                                    Joint Health Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1
                                    Tel: 403-220-6881, Fax: 403-283-7742/ E-mail: cfrank@ucalgary.ca 
                                    Assistant:  Aisling Gamble E-mail: agamble@ucalgary.ca

 High School Lecture

Date:                           Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Time:                           10:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. (Lunch Included)

Place:                           The Libin Theatre at the University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre (3310 Hospital Dr. NW)

Speakers:                     Dr. Victor Ambros, Gairdner Laureate 2008, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
                                       
                                       Dr. Samuel Weiss, Gairdner Laureate 2008, University of Calgary, AB, CA