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Fritz Rottman

Talks will explore relationship
between faith and science

Fritz Rottman, professor of molecular biology and microbiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will discuss the relationship between the Christian faith and science in three separate talks on campus in January.

The talks, all of which are free and open to the public, are sponsored by Christ Presbyterian Church of New Haven and Yale Graduate Christian Fellowship. Refreshments will be served after each talk.

On Thursday, Jan. 13, Rottman will address issues of faith and science peculiar to students at 8 p.m. in Sudler Hall of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. He will share his own struggles with faith vis-à-vis science and will encourage students to raise their own questions as well.

On Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14 and 15, at 7:30 p.m., Rottman will discuss "Challenges Presented by the New Genetics." In this talk, he will explore what the future holds with respect to scientific advances and will suggest what a thoughtful Christian response might be. These talks will take place in Levinson Auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St.

Rottman recently retired as chair of the molecular biology and microbiology department at Case Western. His research interests include the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, including the alternative splicing of pre-mRNA, the formation and biological function of N6-methyladenosine in mRNA, the post-transcriptional regulation of growth hormone genes, and the trans-splicing of pre-mRNA in the parasite Schistosoma mansoni. He has written over 100 scientific articles and has been a part of numerous National Institutes of Health study sections. His honors include the American Cancer Society Scholar Award.

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