LES JEUDIS DES SCIENCES
COLLOQUIUM GENERALE
Conférence 114 Semestre XV
Auditoire B02, Campus KirchbergJeudi 22 janvier 2009, 17:30
GFP: a Nobel Prize winning molecule in cancer research
Simone Niclou CRP Santé
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three scientists for their discovery and study of a light emitting protein isolated from marine jellyfish. The rationale for the Nobel Prize award was based not so much on the discovery per se, but rather on the application of the protein as a novel tool that has revolutionized biomedical research. When inserted into particular cells or tissues, GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) allows researchers to see exactly what is happening. Examples of its applications in cancer research will be highlighted during the seminar.
Simone Niclou
studied biology in Luxembourg and Fribourg and obtained her PhD in 1996 at the University of Basel. From 1997 to 1999 she held a research position at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and from 2000 to 2005 at the Netherlands Institute for Brain Reserach in Amsterdam.
She joined CRP Santé’s NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory as a senior scientist in 2005 and became head of laboratory in 2008.
