2010 GAIRDNER LECTURE
CALGARY

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 2:30 p.m. - Libin Theatre, Health Sciences Centre

Cal Stiller, 2010 Canada Gairdner Wightman Laureate, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Reuniting Canada's two solitudes:  A vision for research & development in 21^st century Canada

William Kaelin, 2010 Canada Gairdner International Laureate, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein:  Insights into oxygen sensing and cancer

Kim Nasmyth, 2007 Gairdner Laureate, Whitley Chair and Head of Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
How does cohesin hold sister chromatids together and why is this medically important?

Drs. Kaelin and Nasmyth will also give a lecture to high school students on Monday October 25th morning at the Libin Theatre, Health Sciences Centre.

CHALLENGES TO AND STRATEGIES FOR BIOTECH INNOVATION

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Theatre 3, Health Sciences Centre

 
Panel: Mel Wong ,ADM of AET, John Masters, CEO of Innovate Calgary, Stephen Lougheed, Vice-Chair Alberta Innovates Technology Futures, Howard Tennant, National Research Council Board/Former President U of L, Faisal Keshavjee, General Electric/Life Sciences