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| | May 10, 1996-Soma Weiss Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | The annual assembly honors the memory of Soma Weiss (1892-1942), a physician, researcher, and inspiring faculty advisor who sponsored the first such assembly 56 years ago. |
 | | Four students were chosen by the Soma Weiss Day Student Committee to give ten- minute presentations on their research findings. |
 | | Nobel laureate Phillip A. Sharp, head of the department of biology at MIT, delivered the keynote address, "A Wonderful Journey: RNA Splicing and Biology." He emphasized the importance of continuing to support research, noting that technological advances were giving scientists-and, in particular, molecular biologists-powerful new research tools. |
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