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| Joseph G. Gall, PhD | |
Joseph G. Gall, PhD, will give the M.C. Chang Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, in the Lazare Auditorium. The Chang Lecture is named in honor of Min Chueh Chang, the eminent Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research reproductive biologist who was a pioneer in the fields of in vitro fertilization and birth control.
Dr. Gall, one of the founders of the field of modern cell biology, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Horwitz Prize and the Lasker Award for his discoveries related to ribosomal RNA and the process by which genes leave the chromosome and replicate independently during the early stages of oocyte formation. This research led to the development of what is now known as “in situ hybridization,” a now-standard research technique for localizing genes on a chromosome.
Since 1983, Gall has been a member of the embryology department of the Carnegie Institution for Science, where he is the American Cancer Society Professor of Developmental Genetics.
Gall is hosted by George B. Witman, PhD, the George F. Booth Chair in the Basic Sciences and professor of cell biology.
