学术报告：Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humankind

题  目：Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humankind
主讲人：Professor Francisco J. Ayala (美国科学院士)
               University of California, Irvine, USA
主持人：吴忠道教授
                中山大学中山医学院副院长 
时   间：2008年10月8日（星期三） 下午15：00时
地   点：中山大学北校区永生楼四楼讲学厅

Professor Francisco J. Ayala简介：

         Francisco J. Ayala is University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. On 12 June 2002, President George W. Bush awarded him the National Medal of Science at the White House.
From 1994 to 2001, Ayala was a member of the US President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. He has been President and Chairman of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993-1996), and President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of the US (2004-2005).  In 2003 he was appointed University Professor, the highest title at the University of California and the only professor currently holding this title at the University of California, Irvine.
He has published more than 900 articles and is author or editor of 31 books.  The books include Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion (2007) etc。
He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.  He is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy), the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Latin American Institute for Advanced Studies, and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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中山大学中山医学院
中山大学医学科学处
2008年9月22日