Yesterday, we had another successful Gottlieb Lecture. Dr. Mario Capecchi, Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, gave the 6th Paul Gottlieb Lecture. Dr. Capecchi was a wonderful guest. We organized a breakfast and lunch for students to meet with him during the day. He was a very good conversationalist. He told us some great stories about his past and he shared some insight into the research that he is currently doing at the University of Utah. Travis, Joe and I had particular interest in speaking to him because his research is extremely relevant to our own research. We got a few bits of information that will help us with our experiments, but so many people wanted to talk to him that we didn't want to monopolize his time. Fortunately, he welcomed us to email him. Last night, we had a potluck dinner and a party for him. We celebrated his recent Nobel Prize Award with a cake that had the Alfred Nobel Medal on it. At the end of the eventing, I gave him a bottle of his favorite wine and we all said goodnight. He seemed to have a good time and after he left, everyone was very happy to have the opportunity to meet him. Some people are just great!
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