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, 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"

Hosts:

D. Lorne Tyrrell, M.D., Ph.D. Professor & CIHR/GSK, Chair in Virology, Dept. of Med. Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta

Dr. Cyril Kay, Prof. Emeritus of Biochemistry, VP Research, Alberta Cancer Board

Location: Bernard Snell Theatre at the Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta

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2008 Gairdner High School Lecture

Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm  (Lunch Included)

Location: Bernard Snell Hall in the University of Alberta Hospital (inside the 112^th Street Doors)

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

Lecture:  "Tiny genes make a big difference"

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