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Other Seminars
A Celebration of Torsten N. Wiesel Entering His Tenth Decade
An Afternoon of Panel Discussions, Live Music and Reminiscences
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., president and Carson Family Professor, Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University, Introductory Remarks 1:15 p.m.: Moderator: Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., president emeritus, The Rockefeller University, Panel Session One: Laureates' Paths to Discovery Richard Axel, M.D., professor, co-director, The Mind Brain Behavior Initiative, department of neuroscience; Columbia University Medical Center; member, The Kavli Institute for Brain Science Roderick MacKinnon, M.D., John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor and head, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University 2:00 p.m.: Moderator: Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., president emeritus, The Rockefeller University, Panel Session Two: Science Goes Global: Building International Bridges in the 21st Century Pierre Magistretti, M.D., Ph.D., president and dean, division of biological and environmental sciences and engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal; professor, Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, International Brain Research Organization Rebecca Rimel, president and chief executive officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts Ellis Rubinstein, president and chief executive officer, The New York Academy of Sciences 3:00 p.m.: Torsten Wiesel, A Self-portrait through Art and Music, a combination of live performances, images, and an audio documentary record of Torsten Wiesel's reflections on art and artists in his life
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Academic Symposia
Leptin and Metabolic Disease: A Special Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of the Discovery of Leptin
Leptin at 20: Body Weight Regulation and the Hunger Hormone
6:00 p.m.: Welcome: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., president, Carson Family Professor and head, Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University Joseph Goldstein, M.D., Julie and Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Research; chairman, department of molecular genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Introductory Remarks and Moderator Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and head, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Michael S. Brown, M.D., Paul J. Thomas Professor of Molecular Genetics and director, Jonsson Center for Molecular Genetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center Phillip Gorden, M.D., senior investigator, diabetes, endocrinology and obesity branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D., dean and Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D., co-director, Institute of Metabolic Research; director, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories; director, Metabolic Diseases Unit; professor, clinical biochemistry and medicine, University of Cambridge
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