The McLean Lectures - Previous Lecturers
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2008 (36th Lectures)
- Dr. Cynthia J. Kenyon, University of California, San Francisco
A Regulatory Network that Governs Aging - Dr. Leonard P. Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sirtuins, Calorie Restriction and Longevity
2007 (35th Lectures)
- Dr. Richard A. Young, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Regulatory Circuitry of Human Embryonic Stem Cells - Dr. Eric F. Wieschaus, Princeton University
Understanding Embryonic Development
2006 (34th Lectures)
- Dr. David P. Bartel, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Small RNAs that Regulate Gene Expression - Dr. Peter C. Agre, Duke University
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine
2005 (33rd Lectures)
- Dr. C. David Allis, Rockefeller University
Beyond the Double Helix: Writing and Reading the Histone Code - Dr. Susan L. Lindquist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Self-Perpetuating States in Biology
2004 (32nd Lectures)
- Dr. Ronald W. Davis, Stanford University
Technology Development for Yeast Functional Genomics and Translational Medicine - Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, Duke University
Seven Membrane Spanning Receptors
2003 (31st Lectures)
- Dr. Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University
Biology of Stem and Progenitor Cells - Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, University of Utah
Modification of Our Genome in the 21st Century
2002 (30th Lectures)
- Dr. Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University
The Machines of Gene Expression: From DNA to Protein - Dr. William J. Rutter, University of California, San Francisco
The New Role of Technology Companies in Generating Scientific Information and in Economic and Social Development
2001 (29th Lectures)
- Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, University of California, San Francisco
Telomeres, Telomerase, and Their Cellular Growth Effects - Dr. Robert A. Weinberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How Human Cancer Cells Arise
2000 (28th Lectures)
- Dr. H. Robert Horvitz, MIT
Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in C. elegans - Dr. John D. Gearhart
Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Promises and Problems
1999 (27th Lectures)
- Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman, Rockfeller University
Leptin and the Neural Circuit Regulating Body Weight - Dr. Richard A. Lerner, Scripps Research Institute
Using Reactive Immunization to Produce Antibody Aldolases of Remarkable Efficiency and Scope
1998 (26th Lectures)
- Dr. Matthew P. Scott, Stanford University
Hedgehog/Patched Signaling in Animal Development and Disease - Dr. John B. Gurdon, University of Cambridge, England
Redirection of Cell Fate: From Clones to Signals
1997 (25th Lectures)
- Dr. Leland H. Hartwell, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Yeast and Cancer - Dr. Martin Rodbell, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Signal Transduction: A Biological Web
1996 (24th Lectures)
- Dr. Richard Axel, Columbia University
The Molecular Biology of Smell - Dr. Harold E. Varmus, National Institutes of Health
Budgets and Biology
1995 (23rd Lectures)
- Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Novel Messengers in the Brain - Dr. Bruce M. Alberts, National Academy of Sciences
Science Education as a Centerpiece for Educational Reform: Important Roles for Both Scientists and Outstanding Science Teachers
1994 (22nd Lectures)
- Dr. Christine Nüsslein-Volhard, Max-Planck Institute
Pattern Formation in Flies and Fish - Dr. Howard K. Schachman, University of California, Berkeley
Maintaining Integrity in Science Requires Vigilance Not Vigilantes
1993 (21st Lectures)
- Dr. Marc W. Kirschner, University of California
Biochemical Transitions in the Cell Cycle - Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RNA Splicing and Biotechnology
1992 (20th Lectures)
- Dr. Paul Nurse, Oxford University
Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Control - Dr. Etienne Emile Baulieu, Université Paris-Sud
RU486: From Molecular Endocrinology to Fertility Control
1991 (19th Lectures)
- Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The Mevalonate Pathway: Link Between Cholesterol Metabolism and Cell Growth - Dr. Michael S. Brown, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Atherosclerosis: A Rational Approach
1990 (18th Lectures)
- Dr. Harold M. Weintraub, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
MyoD--A Master Regulatory Gene for Myogenesis - Dr. Max F. Perutz, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Determining the Atomic Structure of Living Matter: What Use to Medicine?