INVITED SPEAKERS FOR 2007:

07-1. January 15, 2007

"Physicians Heal Thyselves"

by

Prof. Ronald Koretz, M.D.
Department of Gastroenterology
Olive View UCLA Medical Center
E-mail: rkoretz@msn.com

07-2. February 12, 2007

"The Aging Brain"

by

Prof. Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D. ARCO/Keischnick Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences
with adjunct appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Physiology, and Neurology
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191
Voice: 213-740-1756
FAX: 213-740-0853
E-mail: cefinch@usc.edu

07-3. March 19, 2007

"A Mouse Model of Human Autism Based on Maternal Viruses: Adult Neural Stem Cells, Schizophrenia, and the Immune Connection"

by

Prof. Paul H. Patterson, Ph.D.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences
216-76, California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Voice: 626-395-6826
FAX: 626-585-8743
E-mail: php@caltech.edu
URL: www.cco.caltech.edu/~phplab/phplab.html

07-04. April 9, 2007

"Reflections on Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Research: A Bioethics Perspective"

by

Prof. James J. Walter, Ph.D.
Austin and Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics and
Chairman of The Bioethics Institute
Loyola Marymount University
University Hall
One LMU Drive, Suie 4500
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
Voice: 310-258-8621
FAX: 310-258-8642
E-mail: jwalter@lmu.edu

07-05. May 14, 2007

"City of Los Angeles: Department of Aging"

by

Ms. Rochelle LeBlanc
Gerontologist
Resources and Services for Seniors and Caregivers
Los Angeles Department of Aging
3580 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Voice: 213-252-4089
FAX: 213-252-4091
E-mail: rochelle.leblanc@lacity.org
URL: www.lacity.org/doa

07-06. June 11, 2007

"Evolutionary Pathways and Alternative Splicing of the Human Genome"

by

Prof. Christopher Lee, Ph.D., Director
Program in Bioinformatics
Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Center for Computational Biology
Molecular Biology Institute
609 Boyer Hall
The University of California
P.O. Box 951570
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570
Voice: 310-825-7374
FAX: 310-267-0248
E-mail: leec@chem.ucla.edu

07-07. July 16, 2007

"Reprogramming Somatic Mouse Cells to Form Pluripotent Stem Cells without Embryos"

by

Prof. Kathrin Plath, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Chemistry, 36-133 CHS
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
The University of California
P. O. Box: 951737
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1737
Voice: 310-206-8688
E-mail: kplath@mednet.ucla.edu

07-08. August 13, 2007

"The Blind Molecule Maker: Darwin and Dawkins in Wonderland"

by

Prof. Todd O. Yeates, Ph.D.
Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and
The California Nanosytems Institute
University of California
P. O. Box 951570
202 Boyer Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570
Voice: 310-206-4866
E-mail: yeates@chem.ucla.edu

07-09. September 17, 2007

"Accelerating Change: The Coming Merger of Human and Machine: The Radical Expansion of Human Longevity and Intelligence"

by

Ray Kurzweil, Inventor
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
15 Walnut Street
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Voice: 781-263-0000
FAX: 781-263-9999
E-mail: Kurzweil@Kurzweilai.net
URL: kurzweiltech.com

07-10. October 15, 2007

"Why Growth Hormone Releasing Factor/Hormone Is Better Than rhGH for Management of Adult-Onset Growth Hormone Insufficiency?"

by

Karlis Ullis, M.D., Medical Director
Sports Medicine, Anti-Aging, and Preventive Medical Group
1807 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 205
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Voice: 310-829-1990
FAX: 310-829-5134
URL: www.AgingPrevent.com
E-mail: kullis@ucla.edu

07-11. November 12, 2007

"Nanomedicine and Medical Nanorobotics: The Path Forward"

by

Robert A. Freitas, Jr., J.D.,
Senior Research Fellow
The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
555 Bryant Street, Suite 354
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Voice/FAX: 650-917-1120
URL's: MolecularAssembler.com;
rfreitas.com/NanoPubls.htm"; and
imm.org;
E-mail: rfreitas@rfreitas.com

07-12. December 10, 2007

"The Digital Fish Project -- In toto imaging and FlipTraps for Digitizing Embryonic Development "

by

Sean G. Megason, Ph.D.; Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biology, Mail Code 139-74
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125-7400
Voice: 626-395-2863
E-mail: smegason@gmail.com
URL's: www.digitalfish.org