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<td bgcolor="#ffffff"><strong><span style="font-size:large">ECE <span class="m_-7542800674318920517gmail-m_-3819014776879121013gmail-il">Seminar</span> Series
on Modern Artificial Intelligence:<br>
The Path to the Nobel Prize</span></strong><br>
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</span></strong><span class="m_-7542800674318920517gmail-m_-3819014776879121013gmail-m_2729625684482171590gmail-m_-4851848458332656883date-display-single">Tuesday,
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370 Jay Street<br>
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</span><strong>Contact:</strong><br>
<a href="mailto:ac5455@nyu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Anna
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<td bgcolor="#ffffff"><strong><span style="font-size:medium">Richard J.
Roberts</span><br>
</strong>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.<br>
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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.<br>
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<strong>The Path to the Nobel Prize</strong><br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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The <span class="m_-7542800674318920517gmail-m_-3819014776879121013gmail-il">Seminar</span> 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,
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