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

+ 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

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