BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260529T215504EDT-2208vggauV@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260530T015504Z DESCRIPTION:Please join McGill Research + Innovation for a joint 2023 Gaird ner National Program Lecture featuring two Canada Gairdner International A ward winners Professor Lynne E. Maquat (2015) and Dr. Demis Hassabis (2023 ). The lecture will include a Q&A period with the Gairdner laureates and w ill be moderated by Martha Crago\, Vice-Principal\, Research + Innovation. A cocktail reception will follow.\n\nMonday\, October 23\, 2023 | 2:30 p. m. to 4:30 p.m.\n\nJeanne Timmins Amphitheatre | The Neuro (Montreal Neuro logical Institute-Hospital)\n\n3801 University Street\n Montreal\, QC H3A 2 B4\n\nClick here to register\n\nSpace is limited and seats will be availab le on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\n\n  \n \n \n\n Professor Lynne E. Maquat\n\n J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair\; Profe ssor of Biochemistry & Biophysics\; Professor of Oncology\, School of Medi cine and Dentistry\; Director\, Center for RNA Biology: From Genome to The rapeutics\; and Chair of Graduate Women in Science\, University of Rochest er.\n\n Winner of the 2015 Canada Gairdner International Award for the disc overy of the mechanism that destroys mutant messenger RNAs in human cells\ , nonsense-mediated mRNA decay\, which is critically important in both nor mal and disease states.\n\n Professor Maquat is known for her mammalian-cel ls studies of nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay\, which she first repo rted in 1981 through studies of the hemolytic anemia bo-thalassemia and fr om which she subsequently discovered the pioneer round of translation\, th e exon-junction complex (EJC)\, and how the EJC marks mRNAs for a first qu ality-control translation cycle that largely occurs as newly synthesized m essenger RNAs enter the cytoplasm. She continues to make seminal contribut ions on mechanisms of NMD and another pathway she discovered and named Sta ufen-mediated mRNA decay (SMD).\n\n Professor Maquat is an elected Fellow o f the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)\, an elec ted Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006) and the Nat ional Academy of Sciences (2011)\, and a Batsheva de Rothschild Fellow of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2012). Professor Maquat was awarded the William C. Rose Award from the American Society for Biochemis try and Molecular Biology (2014) for research and mentoring\, in particula r advocacy for women in science.\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n Dr. Demis Hassabis\n\n Fou nder & CEO\, Google DeepMind\; AlphaFold Project Lead\n\n Winner of the 202 3 Canada Gairdner International Award for developing AlphaFold\, which has been heralded as an AI-based solution to the 50-year grand challenge of p rotein structure prediction and has culminated in the release of the most accurate and complete picture of the structure of the human proteome\, wit h enormous potential to accelerate biological and medical research.\n\n Dem is Hassabis is the Founder and CEO of DeepMind\, the world’s leading AI re search company\, and now a part of Alphabet. Founded in 2010\, DeepMind ha s been at the forefront of the field ever since\, producing landmark resea rch breakthroughs such as AlphaGo\, the first program to beat the world ch ampion at the complex game of Go\, and AlphaFold\, which was heralded as a solution to the 50-year grand challenge of protein folding.\n\n His work h as been cited over 100\,000 times and has been featured in Science’s top 1 0 Breakthroughs of the Year on 4 separate occasions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2017 he featured i n the Time 100 list of most influential people\, and in 2018 he was awarde d a CBE.\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nAbout the Gairdner Foundation\n\nThe Gairdn er Foundation\, established in 1957\, is dedicated to fulfilling James A. Gairdner’s vision to recognize major research contributions to the treatme nt of disease and alleviation of human suffering. Through annual prestigio us Canada Gairdner Awards\, the Gairdner Foundation celebrates the world’s most creative and accomplished researchers whose work is improving the he alth and well-being of people around the world.\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n DTSTART:20231023T183000Z DTEND:20231023T203000Z LOCATION:Montreal Neurological Institute\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3 801 rue University SUMMARY:2023 Gairdner National Program Lecture URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/research/2023-gairdner-national-program-lecture END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR