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Better Molecular Diagnostics

 

Nobel Laureate Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D., second from left, presented the 2004 Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture on Improving Cancer Outcomes with Better Molecular Diagnostics at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. With him are, from left, Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., dean of the Medical School and holder of the Fondren Chair in Cellular Signaling; Julie Knobil, Ph.D., widow of former dean Ernst Knobil, Ph.D.; and John H. Byrne, Ph.D., assistant dean for research affairs, chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and holder of the June and Virgil Waggoner Chair.

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Nobel Laureate Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D., second from left, presented the 2004 Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture on "Improving Cancer Outcomes with Better Molecular Diagnostics" at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. With him are, from left, Stanley G. Schultz, M.D., dean of the Medical School and holder of the Fondren Chair in Cellular Signaling; Julie Knobil, Ph.D., widow of former dean Ernst Knobil, Ph.D.; and John H. Byrne, Ph.D., assistant dean for research affairs, chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and holder of the June and Virgil Waggoner Chair.

Hartwell, professor of genome science at the University of Washington, is president and director of Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He has devoted more than 35 years to studying yeast cells to identify many genes responsible for controlling cell division. His work has been integral in demonstrating that the same gene controls cell division in both yeast and humans and is often the site of alteration in cancer.

Ernst Knobil was dean of the Medical School from 1981-84 and one of the world's leading neuroendocrinologists, whose work has provided the basis for understanding reproductive function in women.

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