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Seeking the Secret of Life: The DNA Story in New York
Public Programs New York, NY, February 10, 2003 -- All events are held at The New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street, Room 018, Conference Center, Lower Level, unless otherwise indicated. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-seated basis. For more information, please call (212) 592-7000. Monday, March 3, 6 p.m. A lecture presented by Dr. James D. Watson, who, with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA in 1953. Admission is by ticket only. Tickets may be picked up at the McGraw Reference Desk on the lower level of the Science, Industry and Business Library of The New York Public Library, available starting February 17. A slide lecture presented by Ronald G. Crystal, M.D., Professor and Chairman of the Department of Genetic Medicine of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where he is also the Bruce Webster Professor of Internal Medicine and the Director of the Belfer Gene Therapy Core Facility. A lecture presented by Robert Shapiro, Professor of chemistry specializing in the chemistry of DNA and RNA, New York University, about how life began either with the accidental formation of a very large versatile molecule or with groups of small molecules with the ability to evolve. The author, Steve Olson, a science writer, will discuss his book about his collection of evidence on five continents which leads to the conclusion that races do not exist, that we are all related genetically. A presentation by Robert Shaler, Ph.D., Director of Forensic Biology, Office of Chief Medical Examiner. ### Contact: Herb Scher or Rima Corben 212.221.7676
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