Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched the Discovery Lecture Series featuring the world's most eminent scientists, who will speak on the highest-impact research and policy issues in science and medicine today. In light of COVID-19, the Discovery Lecture Series may be conducted via interactive webinar, or in person with associated live stream. See each event listing for details. All lectures, unless otherwise indicated, start at 4:00 p.m. Please register here in order to receive the webinar instructions (only for lectures indicated as virtual).
Dana Pe'er, PhD
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Chair, Computational and Systems Biology Program
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Scientific Director, Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
September 21, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Ruth Lehmann, PhD
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Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
May 11, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Offices of the Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
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Director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago
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AbbVie Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
April 6, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program
Yifan Cheng, PhD
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
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Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
March 9, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Center for Structural Biology
Sir Paul Nurse, PhD
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Director, Francis Crick Institute
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Chancellor, University of Bristol
February 9, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Physiology and Biophysics