This Friday February 6, 2009 we have the great pleasure to host Prof. Matthew Meselson, Harvard. Matt gained his fame by what is often referred to as 'the most elegant experiment in Biology', describing how DNA replication works in a semi-conservative manner ('the Meselson Stahl experiment'). This was followed by a brilliant career (see below) both in research and in teaching, in true legacy of his PhD supervisor, Linus Pauling. Matt, close to eighty years old, continues relentlessly his bench work (see Science publications in the past year) and has been doing so here in Paris for the last few weeks. He agreed to make a pause to present some of his recent work, as he has enjoyed the interaction with AIV students in the past and plans to visit our program on regular basis ;)
Apart from his scientific endavours, Meselson' has been deeply involved in chemical and biological defense and arms control and has served as a presidential consultant and a key Pugwash actor.
In brief... don't miss !

Ariel Lindner

Read more in the Harvard's Gazette:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/09.30/01-meselson.html