Lectures
Past lectures and impressions
Past Lectures
Kary Mullis speaks both domestically and internationally, for colleges, universities, professional organizations, conferences and companies.
By clicking on the particular year, the lectures given in that year will be shown (e.g. +2006).
+ 2013
April
Opening Remarks,Quantum Paradigms of Psychopathology 2nd International Symposium
Palermo, Italy
September
PCR: Past, Present and Future, Webinar with The Scientist and Biosearch
October
Richard H. and Elizabeth C. Hageman Distinguished Lecture in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Provost Lecture, Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
+ 2012
May
Lecture, Astana Economic Forum
Eurasian Economic Club of Scientists
Astana, The Republic of Kazakhstan
September
Keynote Lecture, Colombian Human Genetic Congress
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America
+ 2011
April
Lecture
Noble Prize Lecture Series, Linda Hall Library
Kansas City, MO
June
Lecture
Everist Genomics
Chicago, IL
Lecture: 25 Years of PCR: Past, Present and Future
Roche Diagnostics
Naples, Italy
Lecture, Everist Genomics
Chicago, IL
Lecture, 25 Years of PCR: Past, Present and Future
Roche Diagnostics
Naples, Italy
October
Oakley R. Vail Lecture in Chemistry
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Lecture, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Blacksburg, VA
+ 2010
January
Lecture
Saddleback College Science Lecture Series
Mission Viejo, CA
March
Lecture
Science Dean's Seminar Series
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
May
Lecture: The Unusual Origin of PCR
Austrian Association of Biomedical Scientists
Mistlebach, Austria
Meet the Trailblazers Panel
Google Zeitgeist 2010
Hertfordshire, England
September
Lecture
Google Headquaters
Mountain View, CA
Lecture: The Unusual Origin of PCR
International Roche Infectious Diseases Symposium
Vienna, Austria
October
Lecture: Moving Targets 2010 9th Annual Multidisciplinary Scientific Symposium
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
+ 2009
January
Keynote Speakers
International Symposium on LifeChips
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, California
March
Lecture
Second Meeting of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research
European Parliament
Brussels, Belgium
Keynote Lecture
QPCR 2009 Symposium
Technical University of Munich
Freising, Germany
Plenary Lecture
Recent Progress in the Genetic Identification of Contact Cells
Laboratoire d'Hematologie Medico-Legale
Bordeaux, France
April
Lecture
American Society of Exercise Physiologists
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, Texas
Annual Grillione lecture
Biology Department
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
June
Keynote Lecture
Spanish Society of Medical Oncology
Madrid, Spain
Lecture
Medical School Hospital Germans Trias y Pujol
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Panel
Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer
Barcelona, Spain
September
Lecture
Innovation in Mind Conference Academic Society of Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Lecture
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Washington, DC
October
Lecture
IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Lecture
Biotechnica 2009
Hanover, Germany
+ 2008
May
Lecture
Keck School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony
Pasadena, California
Lecture
Pesaro, Italy
June
Lecture
Istituto Marangoni
Milan, Italy
Lecture
Gruppo del Cerchio
Turin, Italy
President's Circle Event
Milestones in Science, Discoveries That Shaped History
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
La Jolla, California
July
Lecture
Air Force Research Labs
Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas
August
Lecture
Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biology
Auckland, New Zealand
September
Plenary Lecture
Queenstown Molecular Biology Meetings
Queenstown, New Zealand
Keynote Speaker
Healthcare 2008 Forum Invest
Bucharest, Romania
October
Keynote Speakers
Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference
Chantilly, Virginia
+ 2007
January
Lecture
Insight Lecture Series
Rockefeller University
New York, New York
February
Lecture
"The Origin of PCR"
2nd International Symposium of Stem Cells and Assisted
Reproduction
Guadalajara, Mexico
March
Keynote Speaker
50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous
University of Coahuila
Torreon, Mexico
Keynote Speaker
BIOMEDEX 2007
Montreal, Canada
June
Lecture
American Association of Clinical Chemistry
Southern California Chapter
Fullerton, California
August
Lecture
Symposium
Horizons of Medicine
XXIV National Congress of Biomedical Research
School of Medicine
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
October
2nd Festival of Thinkers Conference
Higher Colleges of Technology
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
+ 2006
April
Innovation and Creativity Panel and Forum
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
May
Lecture
Society for Medical Innovation and Technology
Monterey, California
April
Lecture and Chairman
Brain and Heart: Cardiovascular Disease and Depression Conference
Bologna, Italy
November
Lecture
UCI Immunology Fair
University of California
Irvine, California
+ 2005
January
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference Lecture
Long Beach, California
February
LabAutomation 2005 Conference Plenary Speaker
San Jose, California
March
Festival of Thinkers Conference
Higher Colleges of Technology
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
May
Chairman
Brain and Nutrition Conference
Ravenna, Italy
June
Innovation Day
Milan Chamber of Commerce
Milan, Italy
June
Lecture
Symposium on DNA Templated Chemistry
Zurich, Switzerland
June
Raths-Steiger Lecture
"Emotions and their impact on medical science, society and humanities."
Zurich, Switzerland
June
Future Aspects in Molecular Diagnostics
Lecture, PCR Technology - Past, Present & Future
Berlin, Germany
June
Originality and Creativity Panel Discussion
Berlin, Germany
June
Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners
Lecture, Chemically Programmable Immunity
Lake Constance, Lindau, Germany
September
Lecture
Ambrosetti Conference
"Intelligence 2005 on the World, on Europe, on Italy"
Lake Como, Italy
September
High Tech Business Council Conference Lecture
Rochester, New York
September
Lecture
"2005 Distinguished Visiting Scientist"
Institute for Medical Research at the North Shore LIJ Health System
Long Island, New York
October
Roche Diagnostics
"5th Annual LightCycler User Group Meeting" Lecture
Montreal, Canada
+ 2004
April
Life, a Nobel Story Lecture
The Royal Flemish Chemical Society
Brussels, Belgium
May
Keynote Symposium Lecture
World Congress on In Vitro Biology
San Francisco, California
June
Lecture
Jones Day Law Firm
San Francisco, California
June
30th Anniversary Lecture
Laval University's Infectious Disease Research Center
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
June
Lecture via teleconference to Ankara
Ankara, Turkey
September
Lecture
Quantitative PCR Conference
Bournemouth, United Kingdom
September
A Global Dialogue for Inspiration
Waldzell Meeting at Melk Abbey
Vienna, Austria
October
Interview on Stage
Bergamo Scienza Conference
Bergamo, Italy
October
Lecture
TEDMED Conference
Charleston, South Carolina
October
Lecture
NAPPO Symposium
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
+ 2003
February
The Royal Society Lecture
London, England
March
University of Bologna Lectures
Bologna, Italy
April
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Lecture
Piacenza, Italy
April
Graduate Student Research Symposium Lecture
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
June
Associazione Nazionale Tra I Produttori Di Alimenti Zootecnici Lecture
Milan, Italy
June
Congresso Nazionale Societa Italiana di Dermatologia Lecture
Rome, Italy
June
Dompe L'Aquila 10th Anniversary Lecture
L'Aquila, Italy
June
Workshop on Anti-Aging Lecture
Ilustre Colegio de Medicos de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
June
Lecture
TEDMED3 Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July
New Frontiers in RNA Research Lecture
Academy of Science
Berlin, Germany
September
Clifford C. Hach Lecture
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
October
President
Produzioni agroalimentari tipiche
Strategie nutrizionali di prevenzione e miglioramento della qualita della vita
Potenza, Italy
October
Lecture
Artus PCR Symposium
Hamburg, Germany
October
Lecture
American Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and Oncologists Keynote
Salt Lake City, Utah
November
Anniversary Lecture, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila
Coahuila, Mexico
+ 2002
February
Convocations & Lectures Series
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
February
Distinguished Lecturer Series
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
February
Technology Entertainment Design (TED) Conference Lecture
Monterey, California
March
The Scripps Institute Society of Fellows Lecture
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California
October
Virginia Tech Conference Lecture
McLean, Virginia
+ 2001
April
Colorado School of Mines
Millennium Lecture
Golden, Colorado
April
University of Maryland
Keynote speaker, Graduate Research Conference
Baltimore, Maryland
June
Lecture
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
July
Lectures
International Seminars of Medicine and Biology
Pennabilli, Italy
September
Keynote Speaker
Opening Convocation
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
October
Howard Hughes Endeavor for Life Science Excellence Lecture
The University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
November
The 2001 Harry Mullin
M.D. Memorial Lecture
The University of Scranton
Scranton, Pennsylvania
November
Orchid BioSciences Lecture
Princeton, New Jersey
December
Centennial of the Nobel Prize Lectures
Palazzo Clerici, Salone del Tiepolo
Milan, Italy
December
The Year of Biotechnology Lecture
The Korea Academy of Science and Technology
Seoul, Korea
+ 2000
February
Lecture
Doane College
Crete, Nebraska
March
The 2000 James Patterson Memorial Lecture
Florida Blood Services Foundation
Tampa, Florida
May
Commencement Address
Lackawanna Junior College
Scranton, Pennsylvania
June
Jubilee Commemorative Nobel Lecture
50th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Lindau
Lindau, Germany
July
Lecture
International Scientific Symposium
Freie Universitat Berlin
Berlin, Germany
September
Minnesota Mining Manufacturing
Engineering Systems Technology Center
St. Paul, Minnesota
October
Italian Biotec Award, Selection Committee Chairman and Lecture
The University of Milan
Milan, Italy
November
Keynote speaker
Research Centers for Minority Institutions Int. Symposium
San Juan, Puerto Rico
November
Millennium Lecture
Mauritius Sugar Research Institute
Mauritius
+ 1999
March
Lectures
Voices of Discovery
Elon College, North Carolina
March
Lecture
Charles Drew University
Los Angeles, California
April
Lecture
South Carolina Academy of Science
Lander University
Greenwood, South Carolina
June
Lecture
University of California at Davis
Davis, California
July
Presentation
DARPA, Defense Sciences Research Council
La Jolla, California
September
Gene Medicine Symposium
Industrial Investment Council of Germany
Washington, DC
November
Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award Lecture
American Association of Blood Banks 52nd Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California
TED
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader, and it now makes conference talks freely available online as "ideas worth spreading".
Contact
Kary is available to speak to professional organizations, universities, and companies.
He speaks on various topics, including these:
- Paradigms:
- Plausible fables in science
- The unusual origin of PCR
- Directing the Immune system
- The history of science
- Science today
