Caltech will remember Giuseppe Attardi of Altadena, a pioneering DNA researcher, with a memorial symposium at Beckman Auditorium in Pasadena from 1:30-4:30 PM on Fri, Aug. 29. Attardi died on April 5 at age 84 in his Altadena home. Says Caltech Today:
Attardi, the California Institute of Technology's Steele
Professor of Molecular Biology, was among the first scientists to delve
into the processes through which DNA's information is transferred. He
identified all the genes of the DNA in human mitochondria—often called
the powerhouses of biological cells. He then developed techniques for
investigating genetic diseases, including Alzheimer's, and aging in
general, which he discovered is associated with changes in
mitochondrial DNA.
