Marine Biological Laboratory’s 133 Years of Scientific Discovery

Zoom Webinar

MBL Director Nipam Patel will provide an overview of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s origins in 1888, and how they strongly inform the laboratory’s present and future strategic direction in research and education.

Dr. Nipam Patel is Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and a Professor at the University of Chicago. He joined the MBL in 2018 from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was Professor and Co-chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. Dr. Patel is the 20th scientist to serve as MBL Director since its founding in 1888.

Learn more about MBL’s work on oceans and climate change through this and other upcoming episodes of One.5°

June 17, 2021
8:00pm      Hong Kong | Beijing | Singapore
5:30pm      Delhi
2:00pm      Paris
1:00pm      London
7:00am      Chicago

Speaker

Dr. Nipam Patel
Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory
University of Chicago

Moderator

Mark Barnekow (MBA '88)
Executive Director
The University of Chicago Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong

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