6th Annual Adams Lecture Presented by David R. Walt

KU's Chemistry Department welcomed its sixth Adams Lecturer on November 8th, as David R. Walt, Wyss Institute at Harvard University and scientific founder of Illumina, visited campus and gave a presentation on "Why Ultrasensitivity Matters for Clinical Diagnosis". Dr. Walt was presented with a framed, commissioned caricature of Ralph "Buzz" Adams and a reception was held after his lecture with faculty and students.

The Ralph N. Adams Lectureship was established in 2017 to maintain cognizance of Dr. Adams's contributions as a scientist, mentor and humanitarian. The lectureship is jointly organized by KU's Department of Chemistry and the Adams Institute, and was made possible thanks to funding generously donated by two Adams research group alumni, Donald W. Leedy and Theodore Kuwana.