This week we are hosting a very exciting seminar!
Ed Southern will present a lecture with title “Genes, Genomes and technology” for the BSRC/EastChem series.
Wednesday 1st October, 4pm Lecture Theatre of the School of Medicine
This is particularly exciting for Silvia who did her PhD with Ed and cant wait to see him after quite a few years and show him the lab!
Here more details:
Prof Ed Southern, FRS (Oxford University, Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus)
Oxford University, Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus
The focus of this lecture will be discussing technology development for genomic and functional genomics analyses.
In the mid-1970s, Ed Southern developed a technique for transferring DNA fro
m gels onto nitrocellulose paper; the Southern blotting. It quickly became a widespread technique and provided a template for mapping the human genome. The following Northern and Western blotting procedures have made a huge impact on the study of genes and proteins, significantly advancing biomedical research.
Later on, Ed made another crucial contribution with the development of microarray technology which allows parallelising large screening of biological material. Microarrays are widely used both in basic research as well as in clinical diagnostic settings.
Ed Southern, who is a Fellow of the Royal Society, has received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1998, was made a Knight Bachelor in the June 2003 and was awarded the Lasker Award in 2005. Currently, Ed Southern is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Science Advisor of Oxford Gene Technology.