As part of the Brad and Mary Anne Blaine Faculty Lecture Series, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» presents Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, assistant professor of biology, who will speak on "Making Sense of the Human Genome" on Monday, February 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons.
Professor Edwalds-Gilbert has most recently studied genetics and biochemics as a post-doctoral research fellow at Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope in Duarte, CA. An accomplished research scientist, Edwalds-Gilbert has previously focused on DNA and RNA projects with teams at the University of Pittsburgh, Cornell University Medical College, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Edwalds-Gilbert, who joined the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»faculty in 2000, earned her bachelor’s in biology from Swarthmore College and holds a doctorate degree in molecular biology from Cornell University Medical College/Sloan-Kettering Institute.
Former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»professor of history and current trustee Brad Blaine, along with his wife, Mary Anne, have generously underwritten this lecture series featuring outstanding Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»faculty to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». This lecture and all others in the series are free and open to the public.