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Evening Talk on Stem Cells, Mon., Sep. 19/7-8:30 p.m., Overture
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From: Barbara Sanford <bsanf...@wisconsinacademy.org>
Subject: James Thomson's Academy Evening Talk on Stem Cells, Mon.,
Sep. 19/7-8:30 p.m., Overture
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PRESS RELEASE
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
1922 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
608/263-1692
www.wisconsinacademy.org
Contact: Barb Sanford, publicity and events manager, 608/263-1692
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Joan Fischer, associate director, 608/263-1692 ext. 16,
jfisc...@wisconsinacademy.org
HEAD: The Latest on Stem Cells: James Thomson Gives Academy Evening
Talk About Stem Cell Research, September 19, 7-8:30 p.m., Overture
Center
Stem cells may one day provide a cure for Parkinson's disease,
multiple sclerosis, irreparably damaged nervous tissue, and more.
James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will talk about
the latest developments, promises, and challenges in stem cell
research in "The Latest on Stem Cells: The Promise and the Challenge,"
a free presentation on Monday, September 19 at 7 p.m. at the Overture
Center for the Arts, 201 State Street in Madison. The program opens
the second season of the Academy Evenings forum series.
There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. The
program is a presentation of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts
and Letters, in partnership with the WiCell Research Institute (WARF),
as part of its Academy Evening series. Free tickets are recommended to
ensure seating. They will be available one week prior to the event at
the James Watrous Gallery in the Overture Center (3rd floor rotunda).
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 11-5; Friday 11-9; Saturday
11-9; and Sunday 1-5. Phone 608/265-2500. Maps and directions are
available at www.wisconsinacademy.org
James Thomson, UW Medical School professor, WiCell Research Institute
scientific director, and Wisconsin Academy Fellow, has conducted
pioneering work in the isolation and culture of non-human primate and
human embryonic stem cells and remains in the forefront of his field.
He was the first researcher to grow human embryonic stem cells in the
laboratory, an achievement that brought awards and accolades from all
around the world and prompted some much-needed public discussion on
the ethics of stem cell research. Thomson's patents have been assigned
to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, where they can be free of
commercial restrictions and achieve the maximum public good.
Academy Evenings take place regularly in the Overture Center in
Madison and at other venues around Wisconsin. The public forums are
engaging presentations, free of charge, about a wide variety of topics
of public interest featuring Wisconsin's leading thinkers, scholars
and artists. They are intended to encourage public interaction with
these leaders in an intimate atmosphere designed to build community.
The nonprofit Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
connects people and ideas from all areas of knowledge and all walks of
life to advance thought and culture in our state. The Wisconsin
Academy's many programs include an art gallery for Wisconsin artists,
a quarterly magazine about Wisconsin thought and culture, public
forums such as the Academy Evenings series, and "the Wisconsin Idea at
the Wisconsin Academy," a public policy program that brings the public
together with a diverse array of experts and stakeholders to find
solutions to statewide problems. For more information please visit
www.wisconsinacademy.org.
This presentation is sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation,
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, M&I Bank, the Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation, Isthmus Newspaper, and a number of individual
donors. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous
support.
END
BS 8/15/05
Barbara Sanford
Publicity & Events Manager
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
1922 University Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53726
(608)263-1692, ext. 13 fax: (608)265-3039
www.wisconsinacademy.org
Connecting people and ideas for a better Wisconsin.
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