This year's speaker for the West Coast Regional Lecture will be MMUF PhD Sirika Pillay, who is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in microbiology and immunology at Stanford University. The event will take place Friday, November 6th at 7:30 p.m. in the Brandon Community Room at Stanford. The lecture will coincide with the MMUF West Coast Regional Undergraduate Conference, hosted by Stanford University from November 5th through November 7th, 2015. A reception will follow the lecture.

Fellows at all levels of the program, including current undergraduates, are welcome to attend, as are coordinators. A directory of contact information for all those who have RSVP'ed will be provided at the event, so that attendees may stay in contact with one another afterward.

For more information, please contact the SSRC staff at mellonmays@ssrc.org.