Friday, March 13th, 2009

AAAS President Peter Agre

Ira talks with Peter Agre, a Nobel laureate and the incoming president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, about the intersection of science and public policy. In 2003, Agre shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins. He heads the Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and has been known for being politically outspoken. We'll talk with him about funding for science, stem cell research, climate change, and other topics at the intersection of science and policy.

Guests

Evan Snyder
Professor and Director
Program in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
La Jolla, California

Peter Agre
President of AAAS
Winner, 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Director, Malaria Research Institute
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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