92-1. January 21, 1992
"New Hardware and Software Techniques to Search for Homologous Gene Sequences in a Large DNA Data Base"
Mr. Tim Hunkapiller, Graduate Student
Biology Division
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
92-2. February 25, 1992
"Innovations in Housing for the Mentally and Physically Frail in Northern Europe"
Prof. Victor Regnier
Architecture Department and
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
92-3. March 24, 1992
"The Compression of Morbidity: Progress and Potential"
Prof. James Fries, M.D.
Immunology Division
Department of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California
92-4. April 21, 1992
"Nutrition, Aging, and Laboratory Medicine"
Dr. Joyce Johnson, Ph.D., Director
Wellness Center of California
Orange, California
92-5. May 26, 1992
"Brain Scans for the Diagnosis of Degenerative Dementias"
Prof. Bruce L. Miller, M.D.
Department of Neurology
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
92-6. June 23, 1992
"Plants, Medicine, and Aging"
Dr. Robert Reinke, M.D.
Saint Mary Medical Center
Long Beach, California
92-7. July 21, 1992
"Neuro and Endocrine Mechanisms in Life History Evolution"
Prof. Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D., ARCO and William F. Fieschnick Professor
in the Neurobiology of Aging and
Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
92-8. August 18, 1992
"Design of Rhodium Complexes to Probe Site-Specific Recognition of DNA"
Ms. Ayesha Sitlani, Graduate Student
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
92-9. September 22, 1992
"An Evolutionary Approach to Aging"
Prof. Jared Diamond, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
92-10. October 21, 1992
"Maximum Life-Span Extension in Mice Using PBN (Phenyl Butyl Nitrone)"
Dr. Richard Cutler, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gerontology Research Center
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
Baltimore, Maryland
92-11. December 15, 1992 (January 26, 1993)
"The Growth Hormone Axis and Its Impact on Lifespan"
Dr. Michael J. Cronin, Ph.D., Director
Endocrine Research Department
Genentech, Inc.
South San Francisco, California