2006 Nobel Laureate to Hold News Conference at Stanford

Andrew Z. Fire, PhD, who was named a winner this morning of a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will be available at a news conference at 10 a.m. at the James H. Clark Center Auditorium at Stanford University.

Fire is a professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He and Craig Mello, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts were given the award for their work with RNA interference and its uses in silencing specific genes in animal cells.

The news conference will begin with welcoming remarks from Stanford University President John Hennessy, PhD. Then Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the School of Medicine will introduce the Laureate. Fire will make a brief statement and then will be available for questions. Colleagues and Fire’s graduate students will also be available for interviews.

For a copy of the release from the Stanford University School of Medicine about the award, please visit: http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2006/october/nobel.html

For directions, please consult the directions or maps at the following links: http://biox.stanford.edu/clark/directions.html (Clark Center) and http://med.stanford.edu/maps/sumc.html or http://med.stanford.edu/maps/som_directions_map.pdf (maps of the Stanford University Medical Center). Reserved parking will be available for media in the Clark Center lot between Fairchild and Clark Center.

For additional background about RNA interference and Andrew Fire, please visit:

http://mednews.stanford.edu/stanmed/2005winter/rna.html

http://genome-www.stanford.edu/group/fire/

http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/frdActionServlet?choiceId= facProfile&fid=3989 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

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For more information, please visit the Web site of the medical center’s Office of Communication & Public Affairs at mednews.stanford.edu.

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