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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)
IRB Barcelona
El Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IRB Barcelona) trabaja para conseguir una vida libre de enfermedades. Desarrolla una investigación multidisciplinar de excelencia para curar el cáncer y otras enfermedades vinculadas al envejecimiento. Establece colaboraciones con la industria farmacéutica y los principales hospitales para hacer llegar los resultados de la investigación a la sociedad, a través de la transferencia de tecnología, y realiza diferentes iniciativas de divulgación científica para mantener un diálogo abierto con la ciudadanía. El IRB Barcelona es un centro internacional que acoge alrededor de 400 científicos de más de 30 nacionalidades. Reconocido como Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa desde 2011, es un centro CERCA y miembro del Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
