Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering

Established through the generosity of UAlbany Distinguished Professor Marlene Belfort and RPI Institute Professor Georges Belfort, the Life at the Interface of Science and Technology Endowed Lecture Series is designed to address fundamental questions that require the expertise of both Life Sciences and Engineering to answer. This collaborative lecture series will bring world renowned experts to speak to the campus communities at both UAlbany and RPI.

Previous Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering Lecture Series

  • 2026 Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K. 
  • 2025 Phillip A. Sharp, MIT
  • 2024 Patrick O. Brown, Standford University
  • 2023 Daivd Baker, University of Washington
  • 2022 Robert S. Langer, MIT & Melissa J. Moore, Moderna
  • 2021 Jennifer A. Doudna, UC Berkeley
  • 2021 Stephen R. Quake, Stanford University
  • 2019 David R. Liu, Harvard University
  • 2018 Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology
  • 2017 Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
  • 2016 Thomas R. Cech, University of Colorado Boulder
David R. Liu
Base Editing: Chemistry on a Target Nucleotide in the Genome of Living Cells Using Engineered and Evolved Proteins
David R. Liu , Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator , Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Friday, September 20, 2019 - 10:30
EMPAC Theater, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech
CRISPR Genome Engineering Gives New Insights about Telomerase and its Role in Cancer
Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech , Distinguished Professor , University of Colorado Boulder
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 13:00
CBIS Isermann Auditorium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech
Telomerase and TERT Gene Activation in Cancer
Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech , Distinguished Professor , University of Colorado Boulder
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 16:00
Performing Arts Center (PAC), Uptown Campus, University at Albany, SUNY
Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold
Innovation by Evolution: Expanding the Enzyme Universe
Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold , Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry / Director of Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center , California Institute of Technology
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 14:30
Performing Arts Center (PAC), Uptown Campus, University at Albany, SUNY
Karl Deisseroth, M.D. Ph.D.
Nature's gift: how the discovery of structural principles in a microbial protein helped illuminate the pathophysiology of psychiatry
Karl Deisseroth, M.D. Ph.D. , D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Stanford University, School of Medicine
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 15:00
D’ Ambra Auditorium, University at Albany
Karl Deisseroth, M.D. Ph.D.
Integrated brainwide structural and functional analysis
Karl Deisseroth, M.D. Ph.D. , D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Stanford University, School of Medicine
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 10:30
CBIS Isermann Auditorium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold
Innovation by Evolution: Expanding the Enzyme Universe
Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold , Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry / Director of Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center , California Institute of Technology
Monday, October 15, 2018 - 15:00
CBIS Isermann Auditorium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chemical and Biological Engineering

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