Date:               Monday, October 20, 2008                

Time:               4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Place:               Life Sciences Centre 
                          Lecture Theatre 1 (LSCI) 
                         University of British Columbia
                         2350 Health Sciences Mall

Speaker:          Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Gairdner Laureate 2008, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA

Lecture:           "The small RNA pathways of C. elegans"

Speaker:          Dr. Alan Bernstein, Gairdner Wightman Laureate 2008, Executive Director, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, New York, 
                          NY, USA

Lecture:           "Global science for global challenges"

Host:              Michael R. Hayden, Canada Research Chair in Human Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of British Columbia, Director
                        & Senior Scientist, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics, Child & Family Research Institute, 950 West 28^th Avenue,
                        Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4H4 Tel: 604-875-3535/ Fax: 604-875-3819/ E-mail: mrh@cmmt.ubc.ca
                        Assistant:  Seetha Kumaran Tel: 604-875-2000 Ext. 5426 E-mail: skumaran@cmmt.ucc.ca

High School Lecture

Date:               Monday, October 20, 2008                    

Time:               9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Place:               Science World, TELUS World of Science, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Speakers:         Dr. Gary Ruvkun, Gairdner Laureate 2008, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Alan Bernstein, Gairdner Wightman Laureate 2008, Executive Director, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, New York, NY, USA