The seminar will be held in our East Harlem Building, at 2180 3^rd Ave at 119^th St (Rm 116).

A short wine and cheese reception will follow the lecture.

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Raper is a professor in the Biology Department in Hunter College, CUNY. She currently leads a program project (NSF/Gates) to generate transgenic cows that will be resistant to African trypanosomes. This will allow the small holder farmer to raise cattle in the tsetse fly belt in Sub-Saharan Africa, and potentially eliminate a reservoir of human-infective parasites. Variants of the transgene, apolipoprotien L, are prevalent in African-Americans that are linked to chronic kidney disease.

 

 

Lorna Thorpe. PhD

Professor

Director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program

CUNY School of Public Health

2180 3rd Ave, NY NY 10035

 

Tel: 212-396-7746

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