The Benning Medical Society Lectures

The endowment also establishes the prestigious H. A. and Edna Benning Medical Society. The group includes each of the Benning chair holders and sponsors a lecture or symposium series held at the university focusing on leading-edge medicine. The lectures are currently held on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium, 15 North 2030 East, 1st Floor.

2007-08 Benning Society Lecture Series

February 26, 2008

Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.
David H. Koch Professor of Biology
MIT, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Modeling Cancer in the Mouse”
Hosted by: Charles Murtaugh, Human Genetics

March 25, 2008

Michael G. Rossmann, Ph.D.
Hanley Professor of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
“Symmetry and Asymmetry in the Life Cycle of Viruses”
Hosted by: Chris Hill, Biochemistry

April 22, 2008

Steve Warren, Ph.D.
William P. Timmie Professor and Chairman of Human Genetics
Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry
Department of Human Genetics; Emory University School of Medicine
“Fragile X Syndrome: Mechanistic Insights & Therapeutic Implications”
Hosted by: Lynn Jorde, Human Genetics

June 3, 2008

Joseph DeRisi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California, San Francisco
“Genomics and Infectious Disease”
Hosted by: Susan Mango, Oncological Sciences

June 4, 2008

Special Event

"Of Mice and Men" 2007 Nobel Laureate

Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Rice-Eccles Stadium Tower, 4th Floor 7:30 p.m.

RSVP to (801) 585-2739