MEDIA CONTACT: Terry Gearing
561-799-8026, gearing@fau.edu

Lifelong Learning Society in Jupiter Presents
FAU Frontiers in Scripps Science

JUPITER, FL (December 22, 2005) - Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society in Jupiter will present the first lecture in a quarterly series, FAU Frontiers in Scripps Science, on Friday, January 13, 2006 from 5 - 6 p.m. in the Tamar and Milton Maltz Auditorium at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. Charles G. Cochrane, M.D., recently retired professor of immunology, will speak on "The Power of Pioneers: The Founding of Scripps Research and the Synthesis of Life-Saving Pulmonary Surfactant."

Cochrane is one of a small group of pioneering immunologists who left the University of Pittsburgh in 1961 for La Jolla, California, to found a biomedical research institution that, in his own words, "promoted maximal freedom for scientists to pursue their individual interests unfettered by committees and regulations." His distinguished career included the discovery of a successful synthesis of pulmonary surfactant, a product which can save the lives of severely premature children and extend those of adults afflicted with acute respiratory distress syndrome or lethal, active lung injury.

The lecture series, sponsored for Scripps Florida by Lehman Brothers, is free and open to the public. A reception follows the lecture from 6 - 7 p.m.

For reservations, call 561-799-8547.

Note: The time previously published for this event in the LLS catalog was incorrect; the correct time for the lecture is 5 p.m.

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The Lifelong Learning Society, a division of Continuing Education at FAU, is dedicated to enriching the lives of mature students by offering non-credit, university level courses taught by FAU professors and distinguished guest lecturers.