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Jeffrey Friedman, The Rockefeller University: The spring 2009 "Science 101 for Parents" program provided a whirlwind tour of modern genetics guided by JEFFREY FRIEDMAN, whose discoveries—including the identification of an obesity gene and the weight-regulating hormone leptin—have begun a whole new chapter in the field of genetics. Dr. Friedman is a professor at Rockefeller University and founding director of its Starr Center for Human Genetics.

Parents & Science: http://parentsandscience.rockefeller.edu/index

Jeffrey M. Friedman's Bio: http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/faculty/labheads/JeffreyFriedman/

http://www.rockefeller.edu