The four Nobel Prizes in Medicine will be tomorrow in Lisbon. Richard J. Roberts in the top left, Oliver Smithies at the top right, John Gurdon, bottom left, Paul Greengard at bottom right.
event on Tuesday in Culturegest is free entry.
The invitation is open to all. Tomorrow in Culturegest in Lisbon, four Nobel laureates and other renowned foreign researchers will be available to the scientific community. The purpose of the Nobel Day in Lisbon , according to Renata Gomes, to “hear” problems “, challenges and solutions of Portuguese scientists and realize what is happening at European level through foreign partners” , explains the researcher who is organizing the event.
The four Nobel Prizes in Medicine that will be present are English Richard J. Roberts, in 1993, the American Paul Greengard, awarded in 2000, the American-British origin Oliver Smithies, who won the prize in 2007 and the Englishman John Gurdon, who received the award last year.
biomedicine, as you can see by the choice of four scientists, is the strong focus of this first edition. “It is a very relevant and successful in Portugal, with great potential to develop further,” explains Renata Gomes, who wants to repeat this day for years and with more Nobel prizes in other areas. “This event is a way to encourage everyone not to give up scientific research. Motivation and encouragement are the most important things in the life of a scientist in addition to creativity.”
Portuguese researcher is completing a PhD at the University of Oxford, UK. Since 2007 he had the idea to make this day, it was now possible thanks to the support of a consulting firm (Cunha Vaz Associates).
During the morning there will be two workshops on fundamental questions: what is the future of scientific research and how it will be financed. On the website of the event (www.anobelday.com), one can make the registration to participate. In the same place, John Martin, a professor at University College London, summarizes, in a video testimony, the international context of this day: “All European countries are in trouble because of science funding. There is a need to demonstrate that science is useful to society and this can lead to fundamental science ceases to be sufficiently funded, which is dangerous. “
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Renata Gomes, will be at least 400 Portuguese involved in the two panels to discuss these issues with foreign lecturers. The aim is to “combine the two views to generate ideas and new ways of acting more optimized in order to foster innovation and progress”, underlines Renata Gomes.
testimony, John Martin unveils its vision of what Portugal should do in relation to the pursuit of science: “I think that Portugal has to ask if you want to invest in all the science in a modest bet or an aspect of science with all its human and financial resources. This is a gamble but it makes it possible to make a discovery Portuguese Portugal recognized. “
For the researcher, the second choice is the right one. Renata Gomes agree that the country should centralize funding and services. “The money is little and invest in the area to fund allows results with greater impact,” he argues, adding that Portugal is strong in areas such as neuroscience, biochemical and in bioengenharias.
Blood, DNA molecules and
the afternoon there will be lectures on specific topics related to the areas of work of three of the four Nobel laureates invited. The first, on the blood system, will feature Oliver Smithies that, despite his 88 years, continues to do science. In the 1980s, this researcher developed a technique for producing decisive genetically altered mice where it blocks a gene to study diseases, a job that gave him the Nobel. Today, it continues to test their ideas to learn more about high blood pressure and changes in blood cells.
Paul Greengard will be in the second session on molecules and diseases. The researcher won the Nobel Prize for his discoveries about how neuronal cells communicate with each other. In the lecture, the investigator will talk about how depression can be treated by manipulating only a small molecule.
The third and final lecture is titled From DNA to the function . Richard J. Roberts, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the existence of introns – DNA regions within a gene that does not contain useful information for making the protein the gene encodes – will speak of their research that makes the bacteria.
John Gurdon, who won the Nobel for reprogramming adult cells into pluripotent cells, only participates as a speaker in the morning lectures.
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