History Live: Stephen Turner in conversation with David Brock
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Date:
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April 22, 2010
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5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Location:
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
1661 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304 |
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Open to the Public |
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Fee:
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Free
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Online registration is now closed.
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Coming soon: video clips of Turner discussing the pace of technological change in DNA sequencing, and contemporary expectations for its continued evolution; the critical connections between DNA sequencing and clinical medicine; and the importance of government funding, and the return on the public's investment.
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Stephen Turner founded Pacific Biosciences to transform the way humankind acquires, processes, and interprets data from living systems. Turner is the author of over thirty scientific papers in such fields as nanofluidics, genetics, cell attachment to chemically and topographically modified surfaces, x-ray lithography, and process modeling. He is listed as the inventor on nine U.S. patents and more than twenty published patent applications.
David Brock is a senior research fellow in the Center for Contemporary History and Policy at CHF.
History Live presents first-person accounts of legendary careers before a live audience
CHF’s Oral History Program captures and preserves the oral memoirs of notable figures in chemistry and related fields.
For information on past and upcoming History Live events, visit chemheritage.org/HistoryLive.
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