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Brown and Goldstein 50th Anniversary Celebration

Published on: November 01, 2022 By: Staff Reports

Guest speaker Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D., visits with Nobel Laureates Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D., (center) and Michael S. Brown, M.D., after her lecture.

The UT Southwestern community came together on Oct. 14 to celebrate the 50-year research partnership of Nobel Laureates Michael S. Brown, M.D., and Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D., at a scientific symposium in their honor. The campus event featured talks from some of the world’s leading scientists.

Click through the gallery below for some snapshots from the event:

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Michael S. Brown, M.D., speaks near the end of the scientific symposium that honored the 50-year partnership he has shared with Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.

Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D., shares insights about his research with an attendee.

Symposium speakers Ardem Patapoutian, Ph.D., (left) and K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D., discuss their research during a break in the symposium.

Listening intently in the audience are symposium speakers (from left) Kevan M. Shokat, Ph.D., Dr. Garcia, Hans Clevers, M.D., Ph.D., and Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D., with event honoree Dr. Goldstein.

Helen Hobbs, M.D., speaks to the audience about her mentors, who have included Drs. Brown and Goldstein and the late Donald Seldin, M.D., former UTSW Chair of Internal Medicine.

Enjoying a moment of networking with Dr. Goldstein following the event are speakers Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. (left), and Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.

Drs. Goldstein, Brown, and Eric Olson, Ph.D., (right) listen to the presentations beside speakers (from left) Drs. Garcia, Clevers, and Vosshall.

The program included pages of scientific citations for major lines of research from the Brown-Goldstein laboratory.

UT Southwestern President Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D., visits with members of the UTSW community at the outdoor reception.

Hundreds of attendees enjoy the outdoor reception for the Brown and Goldstein partnership celebration.

Dr. Podolsky welcomes a packed audience to the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium to celebrate the research partnership of Drs. Brown and Goldstein.

Dr. Vosshall spoke about the research behind what makes some people more attractive targets for mosquitoes.

Steven McKnight, Ph.D., (center) chats with speaker Dr. Shokat and honoree Dr. Brown at a break in the program.

It was hard to find a seat at the daylong scientific symposium celebrating Drs. Brown and Goldstein and their long research partnership.

Speaker Feng Zhang, Ph.D., shares a moment with fellow speaker Dr. Zoghbi.

Honoree Dr. Goldstein shows speakers one of his many UTSW art donations at the event celebrating his five-decade research partnership with Dr. Brown.

Sharing a lighthearted moment during the presentations are (from left) Drs. Brown, Olson, and Hobbs.

Listening intently are members among the packed audience.

Enjoying the reception (from left) are Ron Taussig, Ph.D., Kim Orth, Ph.D., and their daughter Samantha Taussig.

Sandra Hofmann, M.D., Ph.D., (left) poses for a photo with Dr. Hobbs.

Posing for a group photo are Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D., Joan Conaway, Ph.D., David Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., and Carole Mendelson, Ph.D.

Enjoying the reception are (from left) John Abrams, Ph.D., Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D., and Dr. Olson.

Attendees enjoy the outdoor reception at the Brown and Goldstein event.

Dr. Olson poses for a photo at the reception with Ning Liu, Ph.D., (left) and Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.

Shawna Nesbitt, M.D., and Russell Debose-Boyd, Ph.D., take a moment for a photo at the reception.

Sharing a moment at the reception are (from left) speaker Dr. Vosshall, Lisa Dennison, Ph.D., and Dr. Brown.

Three attendees enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime event together.

Joonho Yoon, Ph.D., (center) enjoys the reception with friends.

The symposium program and the posters in the lobby of Gooch Auditorium made for plenty of photo opportunities to celebrate the day.

The celebration of the 50-year research partnership of Drs. Brown and Goldstein gave members of the campus community a chance to reconnect.

Dr. Brown speaks to a well-wisher outside Gooch Auditorium during the celebration of his 50-year research partnership with Dr. Goldstein.

Members of the UTSW community look over the souvenir program from the event.

Gooch Auditorium was the site of a daylong symposium to honor Drs. Brown and Goldstein. In 1977, philanthropist Margaret McDermott donated funds that made it possible to add the lobby fresco (background) by New York artist David Novros.

Members of the UTSW community enjoy the October reception after the daylong event.

Posing for a group photo at the reception are (from left) Jun Wu, Ph.D., Yi Liu, Ph.D., Michael Buszczak, Ph.D., Thomas Carroll, Ph.D., and Vincent Tagliabracci, Ph.D.

Two attendees enjoy networking at the reception following the symposium.

Five members of the UTSW community enjoy the October weather at the outdoor celebration honoring Drs. Brown and Goldstein.

Four attendees pose for a group shot at the reception.

A photo of UTSW Nobel Laureates (from left) Johann Deisenhofer, Ph.D., Dr. Brown, and Dr. Goldstein taken in 2010 decorated the plaza for the outdoor reception.