# Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene Discovery to Basic Biology to Precision Medicines #### calendar\_today Date and Time **October 4, 2018** 01:30PM - 05:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, New Research Building, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston** The Warren Alpert Foundation and Harvard Medical School invite you to the **Warren Alpert Foundation Prize** symposium honoring: **Francis Collins** **Paul Negulescu** **Bonnie Ramsey** **Lap-Chee Tsui** **Michael Welsh** for pioneering contributions to the discovery of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and to the subsequent research that led to the development of transformational precision medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis. **Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene Discovery to Basic Biology to Precision Medicines** **Thursday, October 4, 2018** **1:30 – 5:30 p.m.** Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, New Research Building, Harvard Medical School 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston RSVP: Opening Remarks: **George Q. Daley, MD, PhD** Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Harvard University **Vamsi K. Mootha, MD** Professor of Systems Biology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital HHMI Investigator *Featured Speakers* **Francis Collins, MD, PhD** Director, National Institutes of Health **Paul Negulescu, PhD** Senior Vice President, Research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated **Bonnie Ramsey, MD** Vice Chair and Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute **Michael Welsh, MD** Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Investigator HHMI, Director, Pappajohn Biomedical Institute **Pamela Davis, MD, PhD** Dean, School of Medicine, and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Case Western Reserve University **Jay Rajagopal, MD** Professor of Medicine, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital HHMI Faculty Scholar *Seating is on a first come, first served basis* For complete information visit: ![WAP poster image](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hsci/files/2018warrenalpertposter_cropped.jpg?itok=gxj2unHR) See also:- [ Bioengineering ](/event-disease-area/bioengineering) - [ Biotechnology ](/event-disease-area/biotechnology) - [ Lung Disease ](/event-disease-area/lung-disease) - [ For the Public ](/event-type/public) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.hsci.harvard.edu/node/1328477/event-feed.ics) Copy link link