BME BREAKS: James J. Collins, PhD, MIT

BME BREAKS
Friday, August 7, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online Event
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On Friday, August 7th @ 12:00PM EDT, we welcome Professor James J. Collins from MIT as he presents, “Synthetic biology: life redesigned.”

ABOUT THE AUGUST 7 WEBINAR

Synthetic biology is bringing together engineers, physicists and biologists to model, design and construct biological circuits out of proteins, genes and other bits of DNA, and to use these circuits to rewire and reprogram organisms. These re-engineered organisms are going to change our lives in the coming years, leading to cheaper drugs, rapid diagnostic tests, and synthetic probiotics to treat infections and a range of complex diseases. In this talk, we highlight recent efforts to create synthetic gene networks and programmable cells, and discuss a variety of synthetic biology applications in biotechnology and biomedicine.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

James J. Collins, PhD
Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard;
Wyss Institute, Harvard University

Jim Collins is the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, as well as a Member of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology Faculty. He is also a Core Founding Faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and an Institute Member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is one of the founders of the field of synthetic biology, and his research group is currently focused on using synthetic biology to create next-generation diagnostics and therapeutics. Professor Collins' patented technologies have been licensed by over 25 biotech, pharma and medical devices companies, and he has helped to launch a number of companies, including Synlogic (NASDAQ: SYBX). He has received numerous awards and honors, including a Rhodes Scholarship and a MacArthur "Genius" Award, and he is an elected member of all three national academies - the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine.

BME BREAKS SCHEDULE

August 14 - José McFaline-Figueroa, PhD, University of Washington
“Defining drug-induced molecular landscapes with multiplex single-cell genomics”

August 21 - Christoph Juchem, PhD, Columbia University BME
“In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy - a tool for translational and clinical research”
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Event Contact Information:
Alexis Newman
[email protected]
LOCATION:
  • Online
TYPE:
  • Webcast
  • Seminar
  • Lecture
CATEGORY:
  • Engineering
  • Research
EVENTS OPEN TO:
  • Alumni
  • Faculty
  • Family-friendly
  • Graduate Students
  • Postdocs
  • Prospective Students
  • Public
  • Staff
  • Students
  • Trainees
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