EUGENE–Franklin W. Stahl, known for his outstanding contributions to the science of genetics, will give a free public lecture, "Genetic Recombination: Evolution of a Scientific Model," at
4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, in the Alumni Lounge of Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St. on the University of Oregon campus.

Stahl received a 1998-99 College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Distinguished Professor award–each of the three annual recipients of these awards present a public lecture.

Stahl’s lecture will examine the evolution of a scientific model for genetic recombination. With the announcement of a structure for DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, it became possible to propose molecular-level mechanisms for genetic recombination. Stahl will look at the properties of DNA that underlie these models, and he will track the evolution of the models through the latter half of this century.

Stahl, a UO professor of biology and a member of the Institute of Molecular Biology, specializes in molecular genetics. A few years after he joined the UO’s biology department in 1959, Stahl prepared an undergraduate biology course of study that set the precedent for many universities around the world. Stahl has received numerous honors including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, an American Academy of Microbiology Fellowship, two John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowships, and American Cancer Society Research Career Professorships in 1985, 1990 and 1995. In 1996, the Genetics Society of America awarded Stahl the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal for a lifetime contribution of research to genetics. He is a member of both the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, contact the Development Office of the UO College of Arts and Sciences at (541) 346-3950.

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