Future: Genomics Research

Dr. J. Craig Venter has made numerous contributions to genomics – from ESTS and the first genome of a living species, to the human genome and environmental genomics, to constructing the first synthetic bacterial cell.

Future: Genome Research

Prof. David Botstein has been the intellectual leader of genomics since its inception, championing the Human Genome Project and devising microarrays to exploit genome information for the global assessment of gene expression.

Future: Genome Research

Prof. Eric Lander is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School, a former member of the Whitehead Institute, and the founding director of the Broad Institute.

Past: History/Biography

The Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Gilbert was a leading historian of the modern world and the official biographer of Winston Churchill.

Past: History/Biography

Dr. Robert Conquest, British historian and renowned writer and researcher of the Soviet Union; Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities.

Present: Plastic Arts

William Kentridge is an internationally renowned artist whose work deals with poignant political issues of his native South Africa.