FREE BERKELEY LAB LECTURE Sugars can actually improve health outcomes February 9, 2009

Like peanut M&Ms®, all cells are coated with sugars but the functions of these sugar coatings were a mystery until very recently. Join Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, Director of Berkeley Lab Molecular Foundry and UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology at our next Science at the Theater event which will highlight recent fascinating discoveries regarding why cells are coated with sugars, as well as new tools for cancer detection that take advantage of the cell’s sugar coating.

Professor Bertozzi’s lab focuses on profiling changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection, and exploiting this information for development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In addition, her group develops nanoscience-based technologies for probing cell function and for medical diagnostics.

Join Dr. Bertozzi to learn how your body’s sugars can actually be used to help prevent a serious cancer.

When: February 9, 2009, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Official Website: http://www.lbl.gov/friendsofscience