Dr. Hirschberg Gives Lecture in Argentina

Dr. Carlos Hirschberg, professor and chair, Molecular and Cell Biology, last week delivered a lecture entitled, "Nucleotide sugar transporters of the Golgi apparatus: from basic science to diseases," to a crowd of 300 as a guest of the Academies of Medicine and Sciences of Argentina.

The event celebrated the centenary of the birth of Luis Leloir, who in 1970 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of and work with nucleotide sugars. Leloir died in Buenos Aires in 1987.

"Without Dr. Leloir’s contributions I wouldn’t have followed up his studies with the discovery of these novel transporters that use nucleotide sugars as substrates," Hirschberg says.

Hirschberg, who was one of four presenters, was the only speaker invited from outside Argentina.