KGI Professor Molly Schmid Participates in Symposium on the Renaissance of Microbiology at Annual AAAS Meeting

CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) announced today that Professor Molly Schmid will participate in a symposium and news briefing on the “Renaissance of Microbiology” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting on Feb. 19 in San Francisco. The theme of the 2007 AAAS annual meeting is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being”.

Schmid will discuss how the study of microbial communities can contribute to the discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs. As part of her participation in a symposium on the growing importance of microorganisms in today’s biological research, Schmid also will attend a news briefing scheduled for 8 a.m. PST on Feb. 19 on the same subject.

“Dr. Schmid’s topic for this symposium is exemplary of KGI’s entrepreneurial focus,” said Sheldon Schuster, Ph.D., president of KGI. “She will discuss how new DNA sequencing-based methods have created wonderful opportunities to identify and exploit new genes, proteins and natural products for many chemical and biological applications, including the discovery of new drugs.”

AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world. It publishes the journal Science along with scientific newsletters, books and reports. Founded in 1848, AAAS includes 262 affiliated societies and academies of science serving 10 million individuals.

   For more information on the AAAS conference, visit http://www.aaas.org/    KGI BACKGROUND  

Educating tomorrow’s bioscience industry leaders, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) offers an interdisciplinary graduate education through its Master of Bioscience (MBS) degree program and its PhD program in Applied Life Sciences. Utilizing team-based learning with real-world projects, KGI’s innovative curriculum seamlessly combines computational and systems biology, bio-engineering, business management as well as bio-ethics. KGI also has a robust and cutting-edge research program geared toward the application of bioscience discoveries. KGI is a member of The Claremont Colleges, located in Claremont, California.

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is dedicated to education and research aimed at translating into practice, for the benefit of society, the power and potential of the life sciences.

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