5月10日(周二)上午9:30 John Kenneth Colbourne教授2016年学术报告之七“Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health”

Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health

发布人:环境科学与工程学院
主题
Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health
活动时间
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活动地址
中山大学南校区地环大楼B401
主讲人
John Kenneth Colbourne(约翰·肯尼思·科尔布恩)教授
主持人
仇荣亮 教授

报告题目:Genomes as Indicators of Environmental Health

报告 人:John Kenneth Colbourne(约翰·肯尼思·科尔布恩)教授

       英国伯明翰大学        

  间:2016510日(周二)上午9:30   

  点:中山大学南校区地环大楼B401

  持:仇荣亮 教授

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报告人简介:

约翰·肯尼思·科尔布恩教授于20128月加入伯明翰大学,担任环境基因组学系的首任主任。他也是 山漠岛生物实验室的兼职教授、水蚤基因组学联合体(DGC)创始成员、伯明翰大学与中国国家基因库联合创建的环境组学联合研究中心(JCEO)主任??贫?布恩先生获得进化生物学博士学位(圭尔夫大学)与加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会博士后奖学金(俄勒冈大学),随后加入印第安那大学。不久(2005 12月),他担任该大学基因组学和生物信息学研究中心的基因组学主任。在此期间,主要由美国国家科学基金会、美国国立卫生研究院和美国能源部资助,其研究 主要使用淡水甲壳类动物水蚤作为进化学、生态学和毒理学研究的模型体系,开创利用基因组学研究环境如何影响基因结构和功能及环境与基因的交互作用。结合水 蚤基因组学联合体(DGC)的全球性工作,本项研究促使美国国立卫生研究院指定水蚤为生物医学研究模型物种。加入伯明翰大学后,他引领使用工业化方法,利 用新的基因组模型物种,全面了解和掌握关于人工合成化合物和新兴先进材料对生物学影响的知识(科尔布恩等人,2011年,科学杂 志,331555-561;阿尔夫迪等人,2011年,自然杂志,477587-591;韦伦等人,2010年,科学杂 志,327343-348)。他因该工作获得了2012年英国皇家学会沃尔夫森奖。

 

报告简介:

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.