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The Hitchcock Center for Chemical Ecology Symposium is pleased to present Dr. Paul Alan Cox's talk, "The Promise of Chemical Ecology," to the Reno-Tahoe community!

Dr. Paul Alan Cox has lived for years in remote island villages searching for new medicines. He was named one of TIME magazine’s eleven “Heroes of Medicine” for his discovery of a new HIV/AIDS drug candidate. In his talk on May 30, Cox will discuss the importance of chemical ecology research in promoting the development of major medical treatments and addressing the most pressing technological and social needs of humanity.

After the talk, please join us for the HCCE Symposium Social featuring a performance by the band Wild Ginger! Food and drink will be available for purchase.

Dr. Paul Alan Cox was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, sometimes known as the Nobel Prize of the Environment. Seacology, the island conservation not-for-profit he founded, has set aside over 1.5 million acres of rain forest and coral reef in 70 countries around the world by building over 430 schools, medical clinics, and water supplies for island villages.

Cox was both a Danforth Fellow and a National Science Foundation Fellow at Harvard where he received his Ph.D. He was then appointed as a Miller Fellow at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the University of California, Berkeley. After serving as professor and dean at Brigham Young University he became the first King Carl XVI Gustaf Professor of Environmental Science in Sweden. He serves as the Executive Director of the Brain Chemistry Labs in Jackson, Wyoming, where he and his colleagues are searching for new treatments for ALS and Alzheimer’s disease.

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• Attendance type: In person
• Cost: Free, must register in advance
• Event type: Lectures & Seminars