"The Future of Science": reception and talks on graduate science education in Maine

Where:
   
Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, 88 Bedford Street, Portland, ME 04101

When:    
Wednesday, Oct. 30
6:00 p.m. reception
6:30 p.m. talks

Who:
JAX Executive Vice President and COO Charles E. Hewett, Ph.D.
JAX Laboratory Vice President for Education Tom Litwin, Ph.D.,
JAX Assistant Professor and cancer researcher Jennifer Trowbridge, Ph.D.
JAX Assistant Professor and Alzheimer's disease researcher Gareth Howell, Ph.D.
USM student Jennifer Ditano, a former JAX summer student

Bar Harbor, Maine -- A reception and talks by young Jackson Laboratory scientists and senior officials will benefit the Laboratory’s predoctoral and postdoctoral programs. The purpose of the event is to explain the Laboratory’s contributions to better health through genetics and genomics research, and to raise funds for the Laboratory’s predoctoral and postdoctoral programs, which are vital to training Maine's future scientists.