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2005 NWABR Annual Fundraising Dinner
Genomics and Our Shared Future

May 20th, 2005
Grand Hyatt Seattle

Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
at the National Institutes of Health

The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research is delighted to announce that Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, will engage us with his vision of "Genomics and Our Shared Future" at our upcoming Annual Dinner. He will also present our Dr. Alvin J. Thompson Award to local researchers Maynard Olson, Bob Waterston, Phil Green, Lee Rowen, Debbie Nickerson and LaDeana Hillier, whose breakthrough discoveries in genome sequencing led to the completion of the Human Genome Project: The international effort to determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA.

2004 Annual Dinner Guests

The Honorable Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, will present our Outstanding Partner in Education Award to Laurie Odegaard, a high school science teacher whose extraordinary dedication to inspiring the next generation has generated a deeper understanding of the role of biomedical research and its impact on our lives. Annual Dinner attendees are invited to host teachers, students and mentors from NWABR's Student Biotech Expo at their tables - fostering thoughtful, intergenerational dialogue between the present and future bioscience communities.

Laurie Odegaard, Teacher and Winner of NWABR's 2005 Outstanding Partner in Education Award

Join us celebrate a milestone evening for research and education. Proceeds from the event will directly support NWABR's highly regarded education programs.

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Program Description (pdf)

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For information regarding table and ticket pricing or to receive an invitation, please contact Sarah Petrie, Development & Communications Manager, at 206-406-2842 or spetrie@nwabr.org.

Stories and images from the 2004 event.

Click here to view a slide show of the 2004 event!

NWABR is a 501(c)3 organization. All contributions are tax deductible.
The NWABR web site was made possible by funding from the National Center for Research
Resources and the National Institutes of Health through a Science Education Partnership Award.