The McDermott Library, in cooperation with the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), will present two lectures about UTD's Sickle Cell Disease Research Center at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4.

The speakers will be Dr. Steven Goodman, director of the center, and Dr. Betty Pace, associate director of the center.

Goodman will speak on "The Sickle Cell Membrane Skeleton," and Pace will discuss "Sickle Cell Disease: Past Accomplishments and Future Perspectives." The talks will be held in the McDermott Library Auditorium (MC 2.410) on the UTD campus.

The talks, a part of the McDermott Library Lecture Series, are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served prior to the discussion. For more information, please contact Tom Koch at (972) 883-4951.