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Katz Memorial Prize Lecture: April 3
posted March 30th, 2009
Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, will give the Lawrence C. Katz Memorial Prize Lecture at 4 p.m. on April 3 in the Searle Center. Vosshall will present “Mosquitoes, Body Odor, Insect Repellents: The Molecular Genetics of Smell.”
A reception will follow.Vosshall studies the molecular and neural mechanisms underlying chemosensory perception in fruit flies, mosquitoes, and humans. Environmental odors are crucial factors in decisions about food and mates. Understanding how mosquitoes select human hosts will have important implications for infectious diseases spread by blood-feeding insects.
This event is co-sponsored by The Ruth K. Broad Foundation Seminar Series on Neurobiology and Disease and The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.