Superstar-of-Science Lecture on Wednesday, September 5 at 8 pm
NOBEL-PRIZE-WINNING BIOLOGICAL WARRIOR HAROLD VARMUS @ THE SECRET SCIENCE CLUB's 1st ANNIVERSARY The co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking research on the genetic origins of cancer, Dr. Harold Varmus lectures on: why he left the study of literature to become a doctor the future of cancer research making the world’s scientific literature more easily available through public digital libraries and open access journals. (Check out the Public Library of Science at http://www.plos.org/ !) As current president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , the former director of the National Institutes of Health, and long-time professor of microbiology, biochemistry, and biophysics, Dr. Varmus has advanced fundamental scientific knowledge and grappled with one of medicine's most formidable challenges. Referring to Beowulf , Dr. Varmus has said of his scientific journey: "In our adventures, we have . . . seen our monster more clearly and