Partab T. Varandani Memorial Lecture
The Partab T. Varandani Memorial Lecture honors the late Partab T. Varandani, Ph.D., who was professor and chief of the endocrinology section in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology until his death in 1987. Dr. Varandani received the Wright State President's Award for Excellence in Research for 1985–86 and an Outstanding Achievement in Medical Research and Education Award (Senior Faculty) from the Wright State Academy of Medicine in 1985.
Past Lecturers
David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.—April 14, 2016
Alfred G. Gilman Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwest Medical Center
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D.—November 2, 2011
Nobel Laureate, and President of the Royal Society, London
Carol Prives, Ph.D.—November 10, 2010
DaCosta Professor of Biology, Columbia University
Carlo Croce, M.D.—May 14, 2009
The Ohio State University
Gregory A. Petsko, D. Phil.—November 15, 2007
Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University, Mass.
Paul Lauterbur, Ph.D.—April 7, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign
Susan Taylor, Ph.D.—June 4, 2004
University of California—San Diego
Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.—April 25, 2003
The McGovern Institute of Brain Research, Mass.
James Wang, Ph.D.—April 19, 2002
Harvard University, Mass.
Sir John Walker, D. Phil.—October 8, 2001
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Paul Modrich, Ph.D.—April 20, 2000
Duke University, N.C.
Philip Hanawalt, Ph.D.—April 12, 1999
Stanford University, Calif.
Alfred Gilman, M.D., Ph.D.—April 22, 1998
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Richard Roberts, Ph.D.—April 4, 1997
New England Biolabs, Mass.
George Stark, Ph.D.—May 8, 1996
Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio
Gunter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.—June 9, 1995
Rockefeller University, N.Y.
Paul Berg, Ph.D.—March 18, 1993
Stanford University, Calif.
Frederic Richards, Ph.D.—March 6, 1992
Yale University, Conn.
Arthur Kornberg, M.D.—May 1, 1991
Stanford University, Calif.
Gottfried Schatz, Ph.D.—January 29, 1989
University of Basel, Switzerland
Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D.—October 15, 1987
Veterans Administration Hospital, N.Y.