Last year, UC Berkeley established its multidisciplinary Stem Cell Center and was among the first recipients of research money from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) created by the passage of California’s Proposition 71. Complementing its basic research initiatives, the University will use the CIRM grant to educate lawyers and humanists in the unique bioethical, sociological, and legal issues raised by stem cell research.
Please join Professors Randy Schekman and Charis Thompson as they explore both the science and the social implications of this emerging field. Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, a member of California’s Proposition 71 stem cell oversight committee, will introduce the lecture.
