Conferencia
Señales celulares que determinan la diferenciación de tejidos del embrión de vertebrados
Edward M. De Robertis M.D., Ph.D.
Sprague Professor of Biological Chemistry
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, USA
Día y hora
- Miércoles 6 de marzo de 2024
- 14:00 horas
Lugar
- Sala de Lectura, Facultad de Medicina
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Invitan
Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Bioquímica y Departamento de Histología y Embriología, Facultad de Medicina
Sobre el Prof. De Robertis
Eddy De Robertis was born in Boston and grew up in Montevideo from age 3. He was educated at the Instituto Crandon and at the Facultad de Medicina of the Universidad de la República del Uruguay, where he received his Doctor in Medicine degree in 1971 with the Gold Medal to the top student. After completing a doctorate in chemistry at the Leloir Institute in Argentina, he trained in embryology under Sir John Gurdon at the famed MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. His work in developmental biology has contributed to the realization that antero-posterior and dorso-ventral patterning genes have been conserved throughout animal evolution, founding a new discipline called Evo-Devo. His cloning of the first vertebrate Hox gene in 1984 started a new era in developmental genetics. His work on Chordin, a secreted antagonist of ventral BMP signals that is regulated by proteolytic cleavage, has provided a paradigm for dorsal-ventral morphogen signaling gradients in all animals. He joined the UCLA School of Medicine in 1985, where he is the Norman Sprague Professor of Biological Chemistry. De Robertis received honorary doctorates from the Sorbonne and his alma mater the Universidad de la República del Uruguay. He is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He is also a corresponding member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences, Academia Nacional de Buenos Aires and Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Uruguay.
