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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. James Chen</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
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is Professor and Chair of Chemical and Systems Biology and Professor of Developmental Biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His lab is a pioneer in the study of
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and genetic modulators of the Hedgehog signaling pathway; recently his lab has developed
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technologies for studying in vivo biology, and lanthanide-based probes for ultrasensitive imaging</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. His seminar will cover a broad research
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">interest in our community, and potentially foster collaborations.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Chen's seminar will be at 4-5pm, in COB 265. Thank you and look forward to seeing you tomorrow!<br>
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