[FRIAM] Fwd: TOMORROW in New York: Talk by the NOBEL PRIZE winner Richard J. Roberts

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This may be of interest to some of you and you can attend remotely!


This is happening TOMORROW: please join us for the talk of a Nobel Prize
winner  Sir Richard J. Roberts at NYU Tandon!

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*ECE Seminar Series on Modern Artificial Intelligence: The Path to the
Nobel Prize*


*[image: Richard J. Roberts] *
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* Time & Location: *Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
11:00am EST
370 Jay Street
Room 1201


* Contact: Anna Choromanska <ac5455 at nyu.edu>*
*Richard J. Roberts *Dr. Richard J. Roberts is the Chief Scientific Officer
at New England Biolabs, Beverly, Massachusetts. He received a Ph.D. in
Organic Chemistry in 1968 from Sheffield University and then moved as a
postdoctoral fellow to Harvard.

>From 1972 to 1992, he worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, eventually
becoming Assistant Director for Research under Dr. J.D. Watson. He began
work on the newly discovered Type II restriction enzymes in 1972 and these
enzymes have been a major research theme. Studies of transcription in
Adenovirus-2 led to the discovery of split genes and mRNA splicing in 1977,
for which he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1993. During the
sequencing of the Adenovirus-2 genome computational tools became essential
and his laboratory pioneered the application of computers in this area. DNA
methyltransferases, as components of restriction-modification systems are
also of active interest and the first crystal structures for the HhaI
methyltransferase led to the discovery of base flipping. Bioinformatic
studies of microbial genomes to find new restriction systems are a major
research focus as is the elucidation of DNA methyltransferase recognition
sequences using SMRT sequencing and a new approach to m5C containing
recognition sequences.

*The Path to the Nobel Prize*
I will briefly describe how I became interested in science and how I almost
became a professional billiards player. Following my early interests in
chemistry, and my pursuit of a Ph.D. in chemistry I became fascinated with
biology and read a book, “The Thread of Life” by John Kendrew that led to
my becoming a molecular biologist. I will describe the research that led to
the discovery of RNA splicing, which turned out to be a temporary diversion
from my real interests in DNA restriction and modification. With a keen
interest in sequencing DNA I became heavily involved in using computers and
was a pioneer in what is now called bioinformatics. In the RM field many
discoveries have been made including, most recently, some exciting
findings on bacterial methylomes.

My career has spanned traditional academic research to more commercially
inspired ventures. Since I now work at New England Biolabs, a for-profit
company, I will describe its origins, its philosophy towards business and
life, and how commercial success can fund innovative research. One theme
running through my career has been a lack of respect for dogma and a keen
sense of questioning everything that people tell me they already know.


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* This event is Free and open to the public. Sign up to attend.
<http://emm.engineering.nyu.edu/link.php?M=1549351&N=4771&L=15596&F=H>*
<http://emm.engineering.nyu.edu/link.php?M=1549351&N=4771&L=13120&F=H>
*Tune in via live-stream at: engineering.nyu.edu/modern-ai
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The Seminar Series in Modern Artificial Intelligence begins a new tradition
at New York University. The series will be held at NYU Tandon School of
Engineering and is hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. Organized by Professor Anna Choromanska, the series aims to
bring together faculty and students to discuss the most important research
trends in the world of AI. The speakers include world-renowned experts
whose research is making an immense impact on the development of new
machine learning techniques and technologies and helping to build a better,
smarter, more-connected world.


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-- 
Anna Choromanska

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

New York University

Room LC266D

5 Metrotech Center

New York, NY 11201, USA

Office phone: 646.997.0269

ac5455 at nyu dot edu

achoroma at gmail dot com

*http://engineering.nyu.edu/people/anna-choromanska
<http://engineering.nyu.edu/people/anna-choromanska>*

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