The Board of Directors of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation held their annual meeting at the Beckman Center at Stanford University on October 11-13, 2016.
Beckman Center director, Lucy Shapiro, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research and professor of developmental biology, welcomed board members with an informal dinner on Tuesday evening, October 11th.
On Wednesday morning, board members heard presentations by Dr. Karl Diesseroth, the D.H. Chen Professor, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Dr. David Kingsley, professor of developmental biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, and Dr. Sam Gambhir, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, and chair and professor of radiology.
Board members then did a walk-through of the center’s Cell Sciences Imaging Facility led by CSIF director, Jon Mulholland. The Board held their meeting in the afternoon, followed by a dinner in the evening for all participants hosted by the Beckman Center director and the dean of the Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Lloyd Minor.
The visit was a highly productive and informative event for all parties involved.