Christopher Gregg in Hamburg
The Canadian scientist Dr. Christopher Gregg, Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and 2010 winner of the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology, visited Eppendorf headquarters in Hamburg in June of 2011.
(firmenpresse) - On this occasion Dr. Gregg gave a talk about his ground-breaking work on maternal and paternal gene expression in the brain. His research focuses on genes that alter their expression in the brains of offspring according to whether they were inherited from the father versus the mother. As a reminder of his visit to Hamburg Dr. Gregg was presented with Eppendorf’s new Research® plus pipette.
This international US$ 25,000 Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology is awarded jointly by Eppendorf and the journal Science. All young scientists who are 35 years of age or younger and who have made outstanding contributions to neurobiological research are invited to apply. The 2011 winner of the Prize will be announced in the autumn. The next deadline for applications is June 15, 2012. For more information visit www.eppendorf.com/prize.
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Bettina Doerler
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Datum: 16.06.2011 - 10:13 Uhr
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