A couple of years ago, Clint Leysath, Beth Erlichman and I initiated a graduate student sponsored lectureship. Our plan was to invite the most successful scientists in our fields of study. We gathered together a great group of interested graduate students and just dove into this thing. We never imagined that we would be hobnobbing with Nobel Prize winners but, that is exactly what has happened. Last year it was Nobel Prize winner Richard Roberts. On Wednesday and Thursday, we hosted Nobel Prize winner Sydney Brenner. These are the Michael Jordans of science. It's pretty amazing! Even though it has only been two years since we started this, it has already been a bigger success than we could have ever imagined. Check out our write-up in the UT paper (Nobel laureate speaks about genes - The Daily Texan). I even got a little blurb at the end of the article.
In addition to these scientists, we have also been able to meet other Nobel prize winners including: Paul Berg, Ghobind Khorana, John E. Walker, Michael Brown and Eric Wieschaus. What an experience! You can check out the Nobel Prize website to read about them:
Nobel Prize Winners
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