Brace yourselves and prepare to be inspired by four unique and inspiring personalities of the Medicine and Scientific World. Adding up to our three thematic modules, these lectures will broaden your horizons and unravel some of the most relevant topics of today.
You will also be able to learn from the best by witnessing a lifelong passion and dedication to science in our Nobel Lectures.
Dr. Ellie Cannon is a general practitioner known for her weekly health columns in the Mail on Sunday and Mailonline. She’s a regular on Sky News and Channel 5 News, offering expert commentary on multiple areas, namely mental health, pediatrics, and women’s health. Dr. Ellie graduated from Cambridge University, and has since published two successful books: Is Your Job Making You Ill?” and” Keep Calm, The New Mom’s Manual”. Her NHS practice keeps her knowledge current, and she’s passionate about empowering patients to make informed choices.
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Professor Mario R. Capecchi, an accomplished Italian geneticist and current faculty member at the University of Utah, garnered international recognition by receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 2007. He shared this prestigious award with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies for pioneering a groundbreaking method to selectively deactivate specific genes in mice. This innovation opened the door to a myriad of genetic research possibilities that were previously unattainable. The impact of his work is reflected in the widespread use of nearly 2 million knockout mice annually in scientific research.
In addition to his Nobel Prize, Professor Capecchi has been the recipient of several other esteemed accolades. These include the Alfred Sloan Jr Prize in 1994, the Lasker Award in 2001, and the Wolf Prize in 2003, underscoring his significant contributions to the field of genetics.
Dr. Dina Zielinski is Head of Scientific Partnerships and Innovation at WhiteLab Genomics, a research affiliate of Harvard Medical School as well as Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her background includes the Whitehead Institute of MIT, the NY Genome Center, Institut Curie, and INSERM. She is known as a captivating speaker, and her stage presence has led to widely acclaimed TED Talks, most notably on the use of DNA as a means of data storage. By connecting the fields of genomics and informatics, she is leading the charge into a paradigm of novel uses for DNA, as it proves to be a highly efficient natural technology.
