Marletta to talk about his career in research

Michael Marletta

On Friday, Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. in Jewett Hall Room 101, alumnus Michael Marletta of the U.C. Berkeley chemistry faculty, will present a seminar on his research career, entitled,  "From NO (Nitric Oxide) Signaling to Ligand Discrimination to a Blood Substitute (A road less traveled by, and that made all the difference [with apologies to Robert Frost]). 

Prior to his talk, he will be presenting the 2007 Mary Marletta Biochemistry Award to SUNY Fredonia freshman biochemistry major Amanda Button from Stanley, N.Y. The awards ceremony starts at 3:15 p.m. in Houghton Hall Room 224.  Dr. Marletta endowed the scholarship in memory of his mother. 

Dr. Marletta is a 1973 graduate of both the Chemistry and Biology Departments and currently holds two distinguished professorships at the University of California at Berkeley: the Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and the Joel Hildebrand Distinguished Professorship. He recently received two prestigious awards: in April, the Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, sponsored by the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society; and in July, the Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, sponsored by the Protein Society.

Additionally, in 2006 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the first Fredonia alum to receive membership in the academy.

Both the seminar and award ceremony are open to the public.