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Hearings
2006 Nobel Laureates
Science, Technology, and Innovation

Wednesday, May 2, 2007
04:00 PM
SR - 253
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The Subcommittee will hear testimony from the five most recent U.S. Nobel Laureates. The witnesses will provide their observations on the state of the country’s scientific enterprise and the importance of scientific investment, as well as sharing details of their Nobel prize-winning discoveries.

 

Majority Statements
Daniel K. Inouye

Minority Statements
Ted Stevens

Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panel 1
Dr. George Smoot
Astrophysics Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Craig Mello
Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Dr. Andrew Z. Fire
Professor of Pathology and Genetics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. John Mather
James Webb Space Telescope, Senior Project Scientist
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Roger Kornberg
Winzer Professor of Medicine, Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University School of Medicine


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