For our lecture series "Trailblazer" we invite eminent scientists to the BMC whose pioneering work opened new research perspectives.
On April 17th, we welcome Nobel laureate Paul Nurse, Royel Society, London, who will talk with Christof Rapp, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at LMU and Director of CAS, about
"What is Life? Perspectives from Biology and Philosophy"
All interested are welcome.
Registration is required at the following link.
Paul Nurse is a British Nobel Prize-winning geneticist and currently President of the Royal Society, London. He previously served as Director of the Francis Crick Institute London and as President of Rockefeller University (2003 to 2011). In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of key regulators of the cell cycle. He is also the author of What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology (2020).
The event is part of the CAS lecture series “The Meaning of Life,” the CAS Research Focus “Speciation,” and the "BMC Trailblazer Lectures".
Following the lecture, all participants are cordially invited to a small reception in the „Lichthof".
Registration is required at the following link.