5月10日(周二)上午9:30 John Kenneth Colbourne教授2016年學術報告之七“Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health”

Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health

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Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health
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John Kenneth Colbourne(約翰·肯尼思·科爾布恩)教授
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仇榮亮 教授

報告題目:Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health

報告 人:John Kenneth Colbourne(約翰·肯尼思·科爾布恩)教授

       英國伯明翰大學        

  間:2016510日(周二)上午9:30   

  點:太阳集团app首页南校區地環大樓B401

  持:仇榮亮 教授

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報告人簡介:

約翰·肯尼思·科爾布恩教授于20128月加入伯明翰大學,擔任環境基因組學系的首任主任。他也是 山漠島生物實驗室的兼職教授、水蚤基因組學聯合體(DGC)創始成員、伯明翰大學與中國國家基因庫聯合創建的環境組學聯合研究中心(JCEO)主任。科爾 布恩先生獲得進化生物學博士學位(圭爾夫大學)與加拿大自然科學與工程研究理事會博士後獎學金(俄勒岡大學),随後加入印第安那大學。不久(2005 12月),他擔任該大學基因組學和生物信息學研究中心的基因組學主任。在此期間,主要由美國國家科學基金會、美國國立衛生研究院和美國能源部資助,其研究 主要使用淡水甲殼類動物水蚤作為進化學、生态學和毒理學研究的模型體系,開創利用基因組學研究環境如何影響基因結構和功能及環境與基因的交互作用。結合水 蚤基因組學聯合體(DGC)的全球性工作,本項研究促使美國國立衛生研究院指定水蚤為生物醫學研究模型物種。加入伯明翰大學後,他引領使用工業化方法,利 用新的基因組模型物種,全面了解和掌握關于人工合成化合物和新興先進材料對生物學影響的知識(科爾布恩等人,2011年,科學雜 志,331555-561;阿爾夫迪等人,2011年,自然雜志,477587-591;韋倫等人,2010年,科學雜 志,327343-348)。他因該工作獲得了2012年英國皇家學會沃爾夫森獎。

 

報告簡介:

Genome biology is conceived with the knowledge that there are times in every field of science when technological advance sets the stage for progress at a pace that was previously inconceivable. Within only one decade, the painstaking process of singularly discovering and characterizing gene functions from biomedical model species (mouse, fly, worm, yeast) is replaced by the wholesale processing of the entire genetic repertoire of any species and their populations. Its consequences are felt across many public and private sectors of society including human health, medicine, food security, energy, waste management, and the conservation of natural resources. Predictably, as research broadens from the traditional examination of cellular, developmental and molecular processes, so do discoveries of the intimate links between the structures and functions of genes and the organism’s environment.

The genomes of agricultural and ecologically relevant species begin to reveal how environmental conditions shape genome structures and gene functions and, in turn, how individuals and populations cope with changing environments and exposure to chemical pollutants. Rapid technological improvements to access this “memory” encoded within the genomes of populations promises to transform how the health of the environment is monitored and protected. The application of 21st century technologies towards environment and health protection will promote not only public well-being, but also the economy, job creation and global competitiveness of industrial, agricultural and service sectors.