Professor Suresh K. Alahari – open lectures

The Department of Biochemistry of the MUG invites you to the open lectures by Professor Suresh K. Alahari from from the University of North Carolina. The events will take place on 4, 5 and 8 December this year and are adressed to students and staff of the Medical University of Gdańsk.

Lectures

• 1. Nischarin, a novel protein that regulates breast cancer progression – 4th of December.,12:00, room #210, Collegium Biomedicum
• Nischarin, a novel protein that regulates breast cancer progression – 5th of December 13:30, seminar room #23 Doctoral School building
• 2. Oncogenic function of microRNAs – 8th of December.,12:00, room #210, Collegium Biomedicum

Students wishing to attend the lectures are required to sign up. Registration is available at: https://szkoleniezawodowe.gumed.edu.pl/course/4682.

Speaker’s profile

Professor Alahari received his Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Master of Science degrees in Human Genetics from India in 1983 and 1986 respectively. His Ph.D. in molecular biology was awarded by Drexel University, Philadelphia, in 1994. From 1994 to 1998, Dr Alahari did a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a faculty member at the University of North Carolina since 1998 and joined LSUHSC as an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry in 2004. During his time at the University of North Carolina, he discovered a new protein, which he named Nischarin. Dr Alahari has published several articles describing the function of Nischarin. He has served on editorial boards and scientific sections. In addition, he has served as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Rockefeller University in New York. He has authored publications in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cancer Research, Cancer and Metastasis, J. Cell Biology, Nucleic Acids Research and many others.

The initiative is implemented under the project POWER.03.05.00-22-Z082/18.