INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2002:

02-1. January 14, 2002

"How DNA Methylation Impacts Mammalian Epigenetics and Cancer"

by

Prof. Peter A. Jones, M. D.,
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room 8302
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9181
Voice: 323-865-0816
E-mail: galindo_j@ccnt.hsc.usc.edu.

02-2. February 10, 2002

"Apoptosis: Mapping Pathways to Cell Death"

by

Dr. Douglas R. Green, Ph.D., Head
Division of Cellular Immunology
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
10355 Science Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
Voice: 858-558-3500
E-mail: doug@liai.org
. URL: www.liai.org

02-3. March 11, 2002

"Biochemical Profiling for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Age-Related Diseases"

by

Timothy M. Cochran, Therapeutic Biochemist
at Loma Linda University and Director
Cochran Foundation for Medical Research
P. O. Box 9060
Cedarpines Park, CA 92322
Voice: 909-338-7012
E-mail: Cochran-Foundation@worldnet.att.net.

02-4. April 15, 2002 [at Andrus Gerontology Center; USC]

"Identifying Genes that Regulate Drosophila Lifespan"

by

Prof. John G. Tower, Ph.D.
Molecular and Computational Biology Program
Department of Biological Sciences, SHS 172
University of Southern California
University Park
835 West 37th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1340
Voice: 213-740-5384
E-mail: jtower@usc.edu.

02-5 April 22, 2002 [by video-teleconference between UCLA and UCSD; postponed from April 17, 2000]

"Functional Genomics: Array of Hope for Improved Diagnosis"

by

Prof. Daniel R. Masys, M.D.
Director of Biomedical Informatics
Associate Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0602
Voice: 858-534-4194
E-mail: dmasys@ucsd.edu.
URL: array.ucsd.edu

02-6 May 13, 2002

"To Clone or Not to Clone"

by

Dr. Ian Wilmut, Ph.D.
Roslin Institute
Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
E-mail: ian.wilmut@bbsrc.ac.uk.

02-7 June 10, 2002

"The Fate of Neural Crest Cells During Nervous System Embryogenesis"

by

Dr. Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Ph.D.
Albert Billings Rudduck Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125

02-8 August 12, 2002

"Regulated Cloning for Biomedical Research"

by

Prof. James Q. Wilson, Ph.D.,
Member of the President's Council on Bioethics
Collins Professor Emeritus
Anderson School
Department of Political Science
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Voice: 310-825-2840; 310-206-8711
E-mail: jwilson@anderson.ucla.edu

02-9 August 15, 2002

"The Clinical Foundation of Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy"

by

Neal Rouzier, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.
Preventive Medicine Clinics
Palm Desert and Palm Springs, California and
The Beverly Hills Anti-Aging Clinic
436 North Roxbury Drive, Suite 224
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Voice: 310-247-8045
FAX: 310-247-8047
Cell: 760-799-6160
Pager: 760-833-3893
E-mail: hormonedoc@earthlink.net

02-10 September 16, 2002

"Effects of Long-Term Microgravity on an Older Person"

by

Mr. Dennis A. Tito, Civilian Astronaut, CEO
Wilshire Associates, Inc.
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 700
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Voice: 310-451-3051
FAX: 310-458-0926
E-mail: sgrove@wilshire.com

02-11 November 4, 2002

"Structural Proteomics"

by

Prof. Pierre Baldi, Ph. D., Director
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Information and Computer Science
University of California
Irvine, CA 92692-3425
Voice: 929-824-5809
FAX: 929-824-4056
URL: www.ics.uci.edu/~pfbaldi
E-mail: pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu

02-12 December 10, 2002

"De Novo Functionomics: Predictions of Drug Function from First Principles"

by

Prof. William A. Goddard, III
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of
Chemistry, Material Science, and Applied Physics
Director of the Materials and Process Simulation Center
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 92692-3425
Voice: 626-395-2731
FAX: 626-585-0918
URL: http://www.wag.caltech.edu
E-mail: wag@wag.caltech.edu