About this Event
About
The IMB nurtures an environment that fosters breakthrough science through collaboration, innovative ideas and taking calculated risks. This new lecture series resides at the intersection of transformative thinking and discovery to inspire audiences to push beyond the known.
Professor John Mattick AO, IMB's Foundation Director and SHARP Professor of RNA Biology at the University of New South Wales will deliver the inaugural Mattick Lecture.
Professor John Mattick AO
John Mattick is SHARP Professor of RNA Biology at UNSW Sydney. He was recently previously Executive of Genomics England (2018-2019), and Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney (2012-2018), where he established one of the first HiSeq X10 sequencing and clinically accredited genome analysis facilities. He was previously the Foundation Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and the Australian Genome Research Facility at the University of Queensland. He has published over 300 research articles and reviews, which have been cited over 94,000 times, and is the #1 ranked scholar globally in noncoding RNA and #4 ranked scholar in RNA (https://scholargps.com/scholars/88887279732152/john-s-mattick). He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences, and the Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering. He is also an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization. He has received numerous awards including the inaugural Gutenberg Chair at the University of Strasbourg, the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Medal, the Human Genome Organisation Chen Medal for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetics and Genomic Research, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Bertner Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Queensland Bioscience Precinct Auditorium (Building 80), 306 Carmody Road, Saint Lucia, Australia
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