Korsmeyer To Give Dyer Lecture
Dr. Stanley J. Korsmeyer will present "Cell Death and the Regulation of Homeostasis," at the NIH Director's R.E. Dyer Lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10. Korsmeyer is professor of medicine and pathology, chief, division of molecular oncology and a Howard Hughes investigator at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
Dr. Stanley J. Korsmeyer
Korsmeyer has made some of the most germane observations in the arena of cell death and apoptosis. In 1985, he and his colleagues identified a cancer-causing gene, called Bcl-2 because of its role in B-cell lymphoma development.
Korsmeyer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has won numerous awards and is the author of more than 175 scientific articles. He joined the National Cancer Institute in 1979 as a clinical associate, and was named an NCI senior investigator in 1982. He left NCI in 1986 to join Washington University.
The Dyer lecture is the first in a series of talks presented in conjunction with the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lectures. The lectureship was established in 1950 in honor of former NIH director Dr. Rolla E. Dyer, a noted authority on infectious diseases. All interested individuals are invited to attend. For more information, contact Hilda Madine, 4-5595.
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