CytoGenomic Insight into Mechanisms of Developmental Disorders
Speaker
Nancy B. Spinner, PhD
Date
July 7, 2010, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Location
KCBD, Room 1103
University of Chicago
Description
“CytoGenomic Insight into Mechanisms of Developmental Disorders”
Nancy B. Spinner, Ph.D.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July, 7th, 2010
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery
Room 1103
3:00 p.m.
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