Lakshmi Sonbuchner Defends Thesis

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION LECTURE

Centromeric Non-Coding RNAs and Antigenic
Variation Gene Regulatory Elements in
Plasmodium facliparum.

LAKSHMI SONBUCHNER

Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Monday, June 29, 2009, at 1:00p.m.

Weill Auditorium (2nd Floor)

Weill Cornell Medical College

1300 York Avenue

Students, Faculty, and Guests of the Tri-Institutional Academic Community are invited to attend.

FINAL EXAMINATION

The public lecture will be followed by a defense of the thesis, at which attendance will be
restricted to the Examining Committee and other interested members of the Faculty of the
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

Examining Committee

Dr. Olaf Andersen, Chairperson
Dr. George Cross (The Rockefeller University)
Dr. Kirk Deitsch*+
Dr. Lonny Levin*
Dr. Thomas Templeton*

*Special Committee +Major Sponsor