Minority Biomedical Scientists of Harvard

Guest Lecturer

M.B.S.H. has a yearly tradition of hosting a special Guest Lecture, given by an accomplished researcher from an under-represented group in the biomedical sciences. This event is open to the public and is an opportunity to increase the visibility of minorities in science.

Past guests have included:

2003

James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D.
A Carpenter's Rule for Chromosome Segregation in Adult Stem Cells
Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, Massachusetts

2002

Luis Villarreal, Ph.D.
Viral Origins of the Eukaryotic Nucleus
Professor, Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

2001

James Hildreth, D. Phil, M.D.
Adhesion Molecules, Lipid Rafts, and HIV Pathogenesis
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

2000

Mariano Garcia-Blanco, M.D./Ph.D.
Role of the Spliceosome: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications
Professor of Genetics
Duke Universtiy Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1998

John A. Watson, Ph.D.
Regulation of Mevalonic Acid Synthesis: In Search of the Sterol and Non-Sterol Regulatory Signal Molecules
Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Physics
University of California, San Francisco

1997

Sandra E. Burke, Ph.D.
Selective Antagonism of Endothelin-A Receptors as a Therapeutic Approach to Prevention of Restenosis
Research Investigator
Department of Pharmacology
Abbott Laboratories

1996

Peter MacLeish, Ph.D.
Graduate of the Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School (Ph.D. 1977)
Calcium Dynamics in Vertebrate Photoreceptors
Professor of Anatomy and Director of the Neuroscience Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine

1995

George Langford, Ph.D.
Movement of ER and other Organelles on Actin Filaments in Nerve Cell Axons
Ernest Everett Just Professor of Natural Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College