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Lake Forest, Ill. - Dr. John A. Kessler, a world-renowned expert on embryonic and neural stem cells, spinal cord injury, and stroke, will deliver a public lecture at Lake Forest College on Wednesday, November 12th, at 4:15 pm.

The Lake Forest College Biology Department invites the community to attend Dr. Kessler’s presentation titled “Stem Cells & Nanotechnology in the Treatment of Neurologic Disease,” which will be held in Meyer Auditorium, Hotchkiss Hall. The public is welcome to attend free of charge. A pre-seminar reception will be held at 3:45 p.m. Please call 847-234-3100 for more information.

This is the keynote address of the 2008 Brain Awareness Week (November 10-15) at Lake Forest College. This educational community outreach event is the collaborative effort of students and faculty at Lake Forest College studying Brain, Mind, and Behavior. The public is welcome to attend the week’s events free of charge.

John A. Kessler is the Davee Professor in stem cell biology and the Chairman of the Davee Department of Neurologyat Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Northwestern University Stem Cell Institute and of the Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the medical school.
His work on the translational human stem cell research and regenerative medicine is known around the world, and he has written over 200 articles, reviews, and book chapters on this topic. His research is currently funded by five major National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants.

His laboratory focuses on the biology of embryonic stem cells and neural stem cells. Although the principal focus of these studies is on definition of mechanisms underlying stem cell differentiation, a significant effort is also devoted to applying molecular neurobiology to clinical problems. His lab is developing techniques for the treatment of spinal cord injury and stroke.

Dr. Kessler received his B.A. from Princeton University, his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and he performed his medical residencies in neurology at Mt Sinai Hospital and New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. He is currently a member of the corporate board for Northwestern Memorial Foundation and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

His numerous honors include the Teacher-Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health, George Cotzias Memorial Research Fellow from the American Parkinson Disease Association, and Alpern Family Foundation Chair of Cerebral Palsy at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

The event is sponsored by Eukaryon, the undergraduate journal of life sciences scholarship at the College.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,400 students representing 45 states and 68 countries.