Presidential University Lecture – From a Sow's Ear to a Silk Purse: The Promise of Genomics
Max Rothschild
Thursday, 13 Nov 2003 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
The Presidential University Lecture Series highlights faculty excellence in learning, discovery, and engagement. ISU faculty present lectures from their own areas of expertise on topics of interest to the general public, designed to stimulate high-quality, intellectual discussion among faculty, staff, students, and community members.Max Rothschild is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture. He is an internationally recognized leader in animal genetics whose research has been directed towards identifying genes controlling traits of economic importance in the pig. He serves as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Pig Genome Mapping Coordinator and was the 2002 Iowa Inventor of the Year. He has also received two R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine, which honor the nation's top technological product innovations. He has presented invited papers in over 30 countries and has more than 195 referred publications, 450 other publications and 5 patents. He is co-director of the Center for Integrated Animal Genomics, a new presidential initiative at Iowa State. Prior to the lecture, there will be a reception and student poster display in the South Ballroom from 7-8 p.m.
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
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