An Evening with Svante Pääbo

• 5:30 pm VIP Reception on the second floor
• 7:00 pm Lecture in the Auditorium #107

You are invited to join the Institute of Human Origins (IHO) Research Council and IHO Director and Professor Yohannes Haile-Selassie for an engaging evening with Svante Pääbo, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

VIP tickets include cocktails and conversation in the offices of the Institute of Human Origins followed by the evening’s presentation with reserved seating in the Walton Center auditorium.

Svante Pääbo developed techniques that allow DNA sequences from archaeological and paleontological remains to be determined. This has allowed the genomes of extinct organisms and ancient humans, animals, and pathogens to be studied. His research group has determined high-quality genome sequences from Neanderthals and discovered Denisovans, a previously unknown hominin group in Asia. He has shown that both Neanderthals and Denisovans contributed DNA to present-day humans and that these contributions have physiological and medical consequences today. Pääbo also works on the comparative and functional genomics of modern and archaic humans and apes, particularly the evolution of features that may underlie aspects of traits specific to humans. In 2022, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Pääbo is also an Adjunct Professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.

This event supports Institute of Human Origins outreach for the Lucy 50th anniversary, including education outreach and student support.

For more information, visit https://iho.asu.edu/Lucy50/Paabo

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