About the
Lindahl Lecture

The Lindahl Lecture was founded in 2013 in honor of Dr. Sten Lindahl, Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine, Professor Emeritus at Karolinska Institutet, and is the kindest, most amazing man you’ll ever meet.

The Lindahl Lecture honors  mentorship as the foundation of innovation and scientific advancement.

In keeping with our mission, admission to the Lindahl Lectures are free to all students and researchers with interests in the sciences, innovation and clinical research.

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

2020 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in [...]

Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA

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Warren M. Zapol, MD

Emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital Reginald Jenney Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School "Dr. Adventure"  Warren M. Zapol, MD  is Emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief [...]

Larry F. Abbott, PhD

William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience and Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Biological Sciences), Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University Principal Investigator [...]

Svante Pääbo, PhD

2022 Nobel Prize winner, Physiology or Medicine Director, Max Planck Institute For Evolutionary Anthropology Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Professor Svante [...]

Kevin J. Tracey, MD

President and CEO, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Professor & Director, The Center for Biomedical Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Professor, [...]

Katalin Karikó, PhD

Co-inventor of the modified mRNA technology used in vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection Katalin Karikó, PhD joins the Napa Pain Conference as [...]

Past Lecturers

-Compassion-  -Honor-  -Generosity-  -Curiosity-  -Vision-  -Humor-

2023

Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD

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2022

Katalin Karikó, PhD

Co-inventor of the modified mRNA technology used in vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection Katalin Karikó, PhD joins the Napa Pain Conference as [...]

2021

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD

Nobel Laureate Professor Emerita, Biochemistry and Biophysics , 9th Annual Lindahl Lecture The science of cells that never gets old Throughout her [...]

2020

Larry F. Abbott, PhD

William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience and Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics (in Biological Sciences), Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University Principal Investigator [...]

2019

Svante Pääbo, PhD

2022 Nobel Prize winner, Physiology or Medicine Director, Max Planck Institute For Evolutionary Anthropology Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Professor Svante [...]

2018

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

2020 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in [...]

2017

Warren M. Zapol, MD

Emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital Reginald Jenney Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School "Dr. Adventure"  Warren M. Zapol, MD  is Emeritus Anesthetist-in-Chief [...]

2016

Kevin J. Tracey, MD

President and CEO, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Professor & Director, The Center for Biomedical Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Professor, [...]

2015

Bruce Beutler, MD

Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Bruce Beutler, MD   discovered an important family [...]

2014

Robert S. Langer, ScD

David H. Koch Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Robert S. Langer, ScD is one of 12 Institute Professors at MIT; being [...]

2013

Sten Lindahl, MD, PhD, FRCA

Register for the 30th Napa Pain Conference Chair Emeritus of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine Professor Emeritus Karolinska Institutet Director [...]