Nobel Laureate Cohen to speak on novel growth factors research

Stanley Cohen, Ph.D.

Nobel Laureate Cohen to speak on novel growth factors research

Stanley Cohen, Ph.D., who won the Nobel Prize while a professor of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt in 1986, will return to campus to give the Ed Holloran Memorial lecture on Tuesday, Dec. 4, a noon in 208 Light Hall. He will speak on the "Origins of Growth Factors: NGF and EGF."

Cohen received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF), one of the mechanisms that regulate cell and organ growth. His work contributed to a greater understanding of developmental malformations, degenerative changes in senile dementia, delayed wound healing and tumors.

Cohen shared the prize with Italian biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who discovered nerve growth factor (NGF).

The Vanderbilt Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society is sponsoring Cohen's visit as part of the School of Medicine's Dean's Lecture Series. The event is open to the public and lunch will be served. Those planning to attend should RSVP to Janelle Owens at janelle.owens@vanderbilt.edu.