An Evening with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo
A Lucy 50th Anniversary Event
Friday, November 1, 2024
7:00 pm Presentation
Walton Center for Planetary Health Auditorium #107
777 East University Drive, Tempe AZ
VIP Reception 5:30 pm IHO Administrative Offices
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You are invited to join the Institute of Human Origins (IHO) Research Council and IHO Director and Professor Yohannes Haile-Selassie for an engaging evening with Svante Pääbo, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
VIP RECEPTION TICKETS INCLUDE: Cocktails and conversation in the offices of the Institute of Human Origins with an opportunity to meet Svante Pääbo will be followed by the evening’s presentation. VIP ticket holders will have reserved seating in the Walton Center auditorium.
Svante Pääbo developed techniques that allow DNA sequences from archaeological and paleontological remains to be determined. This has allowed the genomes of extinct organisms and ancient humans, animals, and pathogens to be studied. His research group has determined high-quality genome sequences from Neanderthals and discovered Denisovans, a previously unknown hominin group in Asia. He has shown that both Neanderthals and Denisovans contributed DNA to present-day humans and that these contributions have physiological and medical consequences today. Pääbo also works on the comparative and functional genomics of modern and archaic humans and apes, particularly the evolution of features that may underlie aspects of traits specific to humans. In 2022, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Pääbo is also an Adjunct Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
*VIP tickets $150 per person to benefit the Lucy 50th Anniversary public education outreach and student support.
The cost of your ticket may be considered a charitable contribution. All funds will be deposited with the ASU Foundation for A New American University, a separate nonprofit organization that exists to support ASU. Due to the value of benefits provided, only payments in excess of fair market value (FMV) of $95 may be considered a charitable contribution. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the deductibility of charitable contributions.
Questions?
Julie Russ
jruss@asu.edu