From: Smith, Diane
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:07 PM
To: Trinity Faculty/Staff; Trinity Students; Trinity Emeritus
Subject: 2004 Nobel Laureate Dr. Linda Buck, DeCoursey Lecturer, Oct. 20, 2008

Dear Members of the Trinity Community,

I would like to invite you and your students, family, and friends to the 2008 DeCoursey Lecture to be given by Dr. Linda Buck, 2004 Nobel Laureate, on October 20, 7:30 p.m., in Laurie Auditoirum.

Dr. Buck is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, associate director of basic sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and affiliate professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Washington.  Among the many awards recognizing her key insights into the mechanisms that underlie the sense of smell in mammals, Dr. Buck has received the Takasago Award for Research in Olfaction, The R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Medical Research, the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize, and, in 2004, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.  For more information see:  http://www.trinity.edu/departments/public_relations/news_releases/080924buck.htm

OR

http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/buck_bio.html

The lecture is free and open to the public; doors will open at 6:30 p.m. 

Best regards,

Diane Smith

Diane Smith

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs:  Budget and Research

Professor of Geosciences

Trinity University

One Trinity Place

San Antonio, TX  78212

(210) 999-7656

dsmith@Trinity.edu