The 18th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

First awarded in 2002, The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences is presented annually to recognize contributions that have opened new elds of research or have advanced concepts in a particular biomedical discipline. Among the many distinguished recipients of the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, nine have gone on to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and two have gone on to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The 18th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Svante Pääbo and David Reich for sequencing the genomes of ancient humans and extinct relatives, revealing the origin and ancestry of contemporary humans and our diverse populations.

In this webinar, attendees will witness the presentation of the
$50,000 award, and then listen to Wiley Prize winners deliver an honorary lecture as part of The Rockefeller University Lecture Series.

Speakers:
Svante Pääbo, Ph.D
Director
Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

David Reich, Ph.D
Professor
Harvard Medical School

Original Broadcast: April 5th, 2019

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