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Researcher Ernest Giralt will explain the importance of the discovery of "green fluorescent protein".
The head of the Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Programme of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Ernest Giralt, will participate in the conference series, "The 2008 Nobel Prizes", organized by the Catalan Academy (IEC). The series invites local scientific experts to discuss the discoveries that have led to the awarding of the acclaimed prize by the Nobel Academy in Sweden.
Giralt will explain the advances that led to the discovery of "green fluorescent protein" by researchers Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, this year's recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Green fluorescent protein, a protein originating from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, helps researchers to study biological and pharmalogical processes that were previously unable to be studied, and to gain new insight into diseases such as cancer and Alzheimers.
Ernest Giralt will give his talk on Thursday, December 18 at 7 pm at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (calle del Carme, 47) in Barcelona. The conference series is open to the general public and is free.
"The 2008 Nobel Prizes" conference series
Conference title: Green Fluorescent Protein
Speaker : Ernest Giralt (IRB Barcelona)
Date : Thursday, December 18, 2008
Time : 19.00
Place : Institut d’Estudis Catalans (carrer del Carme, 47, Barcelona)
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
