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Nobel Prize Winner Martin Chalfie PhD Lecture "Lighting Up Life" at Adelphi |
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at Adelphi University in Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, New York |
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April 8, 2015 |
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7:00 PM
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Adelphi University |
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1 South Avenue |
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Garden City, NY 11530 |
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Nobel Prize Winner Martin Chalfie PhD Lecture "Lighting Up Life" in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom at Ruth S. Harley University Center of Adelphi University in Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
Adelphi University will host a lecture by Martin Chalfie, PhD entitled GFP: Lighting Up Lifeť on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 7:00PM in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center at 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY. The lecture is sponsored by the Dakin Memorial Lecture. It is free and open to the public.
Dr. Chalfie received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Roger Tsien and Osamu Shimomura, for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its uses in research. GFP allows scientists to observe living cells in action, providing insight to protein locations, changes in cell activities, and other important factors.
As a University Professor at Columbia University in the Department of Biological Sciences, Dr. Chalfie researches nerve cell development and function. He focuses on how nerve cells acquire and maintain their unique characteristics and how sensory cells respond to mechanical signals.
Dr. Chalfie is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He shared the 2005 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research from Brandeis University and the 2008 E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology with Dr. Tsien. In 2014, he was the president of the Society for Developmental Biology.
The Dakin Memorial Lecture is an endowed lectureship that celebrates the work and achievements of Henry Drysdale Dakin and inspires students and young scientists to emulate the splendid example he set during his lifetime.
About Adelphi University
Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. As a nationally-ranked, doctoral research university, Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship. |
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516-877-4040 |
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