Livet! Symfoni i tre satser: Utbredelse, differensiering, celledød

Foredragsholder er Dr. Brian Rudkin, forskningsdirektør ved CNRS og leder av forskningsteamet "différenciation et cycle cellulaire" ved Ecole Normale Supérieure i Lyon. Foredraget holdes på engelsk. Arrangementet er et samarbeid mellom Frankrikes ambassade i Oslo og Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Gratis adgang. Påmelding på e-post til: science@france.no eller telefon               23 20 30 23       .

• ABSTRACT

From the very twinkle in your father's eye that was the premise to your conception, through development and until the end of our lives, three fundamental processes are essential for sculpturing our organism and maintaining its good health – proliferation, differenciation and programmed cell death. The essence of thes processes will be presented in a truly simple and understandable manner that will allow the appreciation of the beauty of the exquisite programming of the cell that leads to the creation of such complex organism as man. As your basic comprehension of these processes increases, so will that of the impact of their deregulation on human health, for example in cancer and neurodegenerative disease, while helping to grasp the potential for stem cells and gene therapy.

This presentation, accessible to all, will be animated with brief movies using time lapse microscopy illustrating these different processes.

Brian Rudkin is a specialist in molecular and cellular neurobiology who studies more specifically the NGF (Nerve Growth Factor), the neuronal growth factor that regulates the proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of certain cells of the nervous system. Director of research at the CNRS (French National Research Organization) and research team leader at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (which is one of the top academic research institutions in France), he is also strongly interested and involved in technology transfer and innovation.