Sydney Nano - ISMB Distinguished Public Lecture

The University of Sydney Nano Institute

This event will feature three mini lectures by international leaders in mechanobiology, including Nobel Prize Laureate Prof Martin Chalfie.

Sydney Nanoscience Hub (A31)

Image above credit: ISMB ConferencePlease join the <a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/nano/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Sydney Nano Institute</a> for a Distinguished Public Lecture Series and Q&amp;A in coordination with <a href="https://ausmb.org/Mechanobiology2022.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The 4th International Symposium on Mechanobiology (ISMB) 2022</a>. This event will feature three mini lectures by leading international speakers in biological sciences and nanomedicine; Prof Michael Sheetz, Nobel Prize Laureate Prof Martin Chalfie, and Distinguished Prof Rong Li.Event details:<ul><li>Wednesday 9 November</li><li>2:00pm - 4:30pm (AEDT)</li><li>J﻿oin us for a light lunch at 1:00pm before the lecture</li><li>In person only</li><li>Messel Lecture Theatre, Level 4, Sydney Nanoscience Hub (Building A31), Physics Road, The University of Sydney</li><li><a href="https://maps.sydney.edu.au/?area=CAMDAR&amp;_ga=2.165129786.462042188.1606200107-789368931.1586843718" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">see map</a> (walk up the big grey stairs or take the lift to Level 4 from the first entrance on left in the courtyard between Physics and SNH)</li></ul>Please be sure to RSVP to the event by 7 November.About the speakers:<a href="https://www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/michael-sheetz/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Michael Sheetz</a> has a long history in mechanobiological research and was most recently the Director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore. Prior to that he was a Professor at Columbia University where he headed a program in nanomedicine. At Duke University Medical School, he was Chair of Cell Biology from 1990 to 2000. He has received many awards including the Lasker Prize, Wiley and Massry Prizes.<a href="https://www.biology.columbia.edu/people/chalfie" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prof Martin Chalfie</a>, Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his introduction of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a biological marker. Dr. Chalfie obtained his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and did postdoctoral research with Sydney Brenner at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England. As a postdoctoral fellow, Martin Chalfie with John Sulston established the first genetic model for mechanosensation using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. He and his lab subsequently used molecular, genetic, and electrophysiological means to study neuronal specification, differentiation, outgrowth, and degeneration, microtubule structure and function, and mechanosensory transduction and its modulation in C. elegans.<a href="https://www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/rong-li/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Distinguished Prof Rong Li</a> came from Johns Hopkins University where she served as the Director of the Centre for Cell Dynamics in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She was recruited to NUS in 2019 as the second Director of Mechanobiology Institute (MBI). Professor Li is a globally respected leader in the study of cellular dynamics and mechanics. Her interdisciplinary research integrates genetics, quantitative imaging, biophysical measurements, mathematical modelling, genomics and proteomics — to understand how eukaryotic cells transmit their genomes, adapt to the environment, and establish distinct organisation to perform specialised functions.

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