Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering (LISE)
Established through the generosity of UAlbany Distinguished Professor Marlene Belfort and RPI Institute Professor Georges Belfort, the Life at the Interface of Science and Technology Endowed Lecture Series is designed to address fundamental questions that require the expertise of both Life Sciences and Engineering to answer. This collaborative lecture series brings world renowned experts to speak to the campus communities at both UAlbany and RPI.
2022
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, presenting LISE Lecture September 21, 2021
The sixth speaker in the Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering (LISE) series is Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, on September 21 via Zoom. Dr. Doudna will present her lecture: CRISPR: The Science and Opportunity of Genome Editing. Learn more.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 1:00pm - Zoom Link (Password: 079849)
Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering Seminar series
Thursday, September 15, 2022These lectures are part of a collaboration between the University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). This is the 7th seminar in the series.
Learn more about this year's lectures.
Robert S. Langer, Ph.D.
David H. Koch Institute Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Micro and Nanotechnology Delivery Systems for mRNA Therapies and Tackling Global Health Challenges”
10:00 - 11:00 AM at the Biotech Auditorium, CBIS Building,
Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
Refreshments will be served at 9:30 AM
Melissa J. Moore, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Scientific Affairs
Moderna
“mRNA as Medicine”
2:30 - 3:30 PM - ETEC 1st Floor Atrium
University at Albany-SUNY
Refreshments will be served at 2:00 PM
2021
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, presenting LISE Lecture September 21, 2021
The sixth speaker in the Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering (LISE) series is Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, on September 21 via Zoom. Dr. Doudna will present her lecture: CRISPR: The Science and Opportunity of Genome Editing. Learn more.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 1:00pm - Zoom Link (Password: 079849)
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, will be the sixth speaker in the LISE series on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, with her lecture titled: CRISPR: The Science and Opportunity of Genome Editing. The lecture will be virtual via Zoom at 1:00pm (Password: 079849).
Stephen R. Quake, PhD joined the series in 2021 with two lectures: The Cell is a Bag of RNA, (passcode: qq.=g95u) and Molecular Counting and Liquid Biopsies: A Path to Creating Health Equity in the Genomic Revolution.
2019
David R, Liu, PhD joined the series in 2019 with his lecture on "Base Editing: Chemistry on a Target Nucleotide in the Genome of Living Cells Using Engineered and Evolved Proteins."
2018
In 2018, Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold, PhD spoke about Innovation by Evolution: Expanding the Enzyme Universe."
2017
Karl Deisseroth, MD PhD, in September 2017 discussed "Integrated brainwide structural and functional analysis" and "Nature's gift: how the discovery of structural principles in a microbial protein helped illuminate the pathophysiology of psychiatry."
2016
In 2016, the first speaker in the series Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech, PhD gave lectures on two topics: "Long Noncoding RNAs and Epigenetic Gene Silencing" and "CRISPR Genome Engineering Gives New Insights About Telomerase and its Role in Cancer."
Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biology
Undergraduate students from 11 universities participated in the first Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biology sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences on Tues. Oct. 25, 2016. Students delivered oral presentations and posters on their research projects and enjoyed a keynote symposium by Novel Laureate, Thomar R. Cech entitled “How to win a Nobel Prize.” The undergraduate symposium was partnered with the new endowed lecture series “Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering,” which included a research seminar by Dr. Cech at University at Albany, SUNY entitled, “Long-noncoding RNAs and Epigenetic Gene Silencing” and a research seminar at RPI entitled: “CRISPR Genome Engineering Give New Insights about Telomerase and its Role in Cancer.” Photographs from the UAlbany events are here. The seminar series was made possible by an endowment by Dr. Marlene Belfort, Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany, SUNY, and Dr. Georges Belfort, Institute Professor at RPI.
Symposium ProgramAbout the Keynote Lecturer
