David Friedlander, a stem cell researcher, will speak on “A Lack of Plasticity: Embryonic Stem Cell Policy in the United States,” Thursday, April 24 at 5:15 p.m. in F.W. Olin Center Room 115.
He will cover issues ranging from the applied therapeutic use of human embryonic stem cells, the Bush administration policy and how the mandate has affected research in this country, to what state-funded and private institutions have done to circumvent this policy.
Friedlander is a recent graduate of Bowdoin College, where he wrote his honors thesis on the U.S. stem cell policy. Since graduation, he has worked in a stem cell research lab and was awarded a prestigious internship with the California State Legislature, assisting in the drafting and initiation of the bond-funded California Stem Cell Institute.
His talk is sponsored by the Department of Biology and the Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative. For more information, contact Assistant Professor of Biology Nicole Theodosiou at theodosn@union.edu.