Mario van Stelt, Professor Molecular Physiology , University Leiden Netherlands
Title: Brain lipid signaling: an inspiration for drug discovery
Date: April 7th
Time: 5 p.m
Place: HS 44.11, Humboldtstrasse 48 first floor
If you are healthy please join the meeting in person, it is always nice to interact directly with the audience !
However we are also offering a hybrid option for those who are in quarantine or do not feel well and rather stay at home.
https://unigraz.webex.com/unigraz/j.php?MTID=m19639cffb8251eec10a2fd82df4819c2
Biosketch:
Mario van der Stelt received his Ph.D (cum laude) in chemistry from Utrecht University in 2002. He was a project-leader of multidisciplinary drug discovery teams in Merck Research Laboratories (Oss). In 2012 he moved to Leiden University and founded the department of Molecular Physiology. He became a full professor in Molecular Physiology in 2017. His research interests are focused on lipid and kinase signaling in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. His vision is to work in multidisciplinary teams to design, synthesize and apply chemical tools and concepts to understand biology with the ultimate goal to improve human health. Key to his research is the development and integration of chemical biology techniques to predict and profile drug-target interactions. In 2019, he was selected as a principal investigator of Oncode Institute. He has co-authored >115 papers and patents and won several (inter)national prizes, including Prix Galien Research and a VICI-award (1.5 M) from Dutch Research Organisation
