In August 2012, the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Vet sponsored a Penn Symposium in honor of Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD, Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at Penn Vet, and the more than five decades he has dedicated to research on the manipulation of the mammalian germline.
Often regarded as the father of transgenesis, Dr. Brinster was the first veterinarian to receive the prestigious National Medal of Science.
Symposium Materials