- Start Date - 07/05/2013
- End Date - 07/05/2013
- Start Time - 16.30
- End Time -
- Location - Albert Lecture Theatre
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Radiotherapy, Neural Stem Cells and Cognitive Function
Juergen Zanghellini
Title: From metabolic engineering to combinational drug therapy
Albert Theatre, RCSI, Tuesday 07th May 2013 at 4.30 pm
Dr. Juergen Zanghellini received his masters in electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. During his PhD he moved to Ottawa, ON, Canada where he modeled laser driven ionization processes in atoms and small molecules. He received his PhD in theoretical physics in 2004. After returning to Austria he joined the Institute of Chemistry (Graz University, Austria) and focused his work on modeling fat metabolism in yeast. In 2010 he did a post-doc at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG), Adelaide, SA. Since 2011 Juergen Zanghellini is leading the junior group on metabolic modeling at Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB). His research interest focuses on the analysis of (metabolic) networks using methods from systems biology.
He will introduce the concept of elementary flux modes, show applications thereof and explain that both, the minimal metabolic intervention strategies and efficient drug cocktails can be efficiently predicted. Finally he will discuss the potential of such an approach for the prediction and identification of drug targets in cancer research.
Please feel welcome to attend on the afternoon of the 7th of May at 4.30.