2011 Gairdner National Program Lecture
Dr. Jules Hoffman, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Medicine, will deliver the Gairdner Lecture.
Speaker, Jules Hoffmann, 2011 Canada Gairdner International
Laureate, Directeur, Institut de biologie moléculaire et
cellulaire, CNRS and University of Strasbourg, France will speak
about “The antimicrobial host of Drosophila: a paradigm for innate
immunity”
The lecture is hosted by Dr. Samuel Benaroya, Interim
Vice-Principal (Health Affairs), Interim Dean of the Faculty of
Medicine, McGill University and Dr. John Dirks, President and
Scientific Director, The Gairdner Foundation.
This event is free of charge. Reception to follow.
For more information, email deborah.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca
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Please note that as part of the 2011 Gairdner National Program
Lecture series, Dr. Hoffmann will deliver the lecture in French at:
Université de Montréal on Monday, October 24, 2011.
For more information or to reserve,
please contact Monique Sultan, monique.sultan [at] umontreal.ca