UCSD Physician-Scientist Colloquium

Monday Evening, September 20th in the Leichtag Auditorium (Room 107)

         6:00 - 7:00 P.M.   Hors d'Oeuvres & Social Hour                  
7:00 - 7:40 P.M.   Biomedical Magazine Review Club      
      7:40 - 8:00 P.M    Career Perspectives of a Physician-Scientist

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Biomedical Magazine Review
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Ajit Varki, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine

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 		"DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee chromosome 22," by Watanabe et al. NATURE. 2004; 429:382-8.
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Jane Burns, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics

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 		“Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, vascular function, and cardiovascular risk,” by Hill et al.  NEJM.  2003;348:593-600.
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William Nyhan, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Former Chair, Dept. of Pediatrics

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 		Discovery, characterization and treatment of metabolic disorders in children.  Disorders of amino acid metabolism.  Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.