Varandani Lecturers

The Partab T. Varandani Memorial Lecture honors the late Partab T. Varandani, Ph.D., who was professor and chief of the endocrinology section in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology until his death in 1987. Dr. Varandani received the WSU President’s Award for Excellence in Research for 1985-86 and an Outstanding Achievement in Medical Research and Education Award (Senior Faculty) from the WSU Academy of Medicine in 1985.

Gregory A. Petsko, D. Phil. - November 15, 2007
Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University

Dr. Paul Lauterbur - April 7, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Susan Taylor - June 4, 2004
University of California, CA

Dr. Phillip Sharp - April 25, 2003
The McGovern Institute of Brain Research, MA

Dr. James Wang - April 19, 2002
Harvard University, MA

Sir John Walker, D. Phil. - October 8, 2001
Cambridge, UK

Paul Modrich, Ph.D. - April 20, 2000
Duke University, NC

Philip Hanawalt, Ph.D. - April 12, 1999
Stanford University, CA

Alfed Gilman, M.D., Ph.D. - April 22, 1998
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

Richard Roberts, Ph.D. - April 4, 1997
New England Biolabs, MA

George Stark, Ph.D. - May 8, 1996
Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH

Gunter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D. - June 9, 1995
Rockefeller University, NY

Dr. Paul Berg - March 18, 1993
Stanford University, CA

Dr. Frederic Richards - March 6, 1992
Yale University, CT

Dr. Arthur Kornberg - May 1, 1991
Stanford University, CA

Gohfried Schatz, Ph.D. - January 29, 1989
University of Basel, Switzerland

Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - October 15, 1987
Veterans Administration Hospital, NY