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Martin Chalfie

Brazil – Rio de Janeiro and Brasília

24th Sep – 26th Sep 2014

Dr Martin Chalfie visited Brazil from 24th to 26th September 2014, as part of the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative. There he met with young researchers and senior academics at

  • Fiocruz
  • Universidade de Brasília
  • Instituto Nacional de Câncer

This was Dr Chalfie’s first NPII event, and speaking about the opportunity, he said

I am delighted to be involved in the upcoming Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative event in Brazil. I look forward to meeting young scientists in Rio and Brasília and learning more about the research being carried out in the country’s leading institutions. I hope that my story helps to inspire the next generation of Nobel Laureates

See the highlights of the trip:

 

Watch the full lecture:

 

View the event photos:

Martin Chalfie

Martin Chalfie

Martin Chalfie is a University Professor at Columbia University. He obtained his B.A. and PhD from Harvard University and did post-doctoral research with Sydney Brenner at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, before moving to Columbia in 1982. He uses the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate nerve cell development and function, concentrating primarily on genes used in mechanosensory neurons.  His research has been directed toward answering two quite different biological questions:  How do different types of nerve cells acquire and maintain their unique characteristics? And how do sensory cells respond to mechanical signals? He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his introduction of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a biological marker.

Photo credit: Diemut Strebe