The Kollias lab has established a Distinguished Affiliated Scholar Program that aims to foster interactions beyond conventional boundaries. The Program aims on establishing synergies with distinguished international scholars from the Humanities, Arts, Sciences and Technologies, in order to spark innovative and "out of the box" thinking. The Program was initiated and is coordinated by Myrta Perraki, Arts and Science curator.
Prof. Iseult Lynch, Chair of Environmental Nanosciences of the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham visited BSRC Fleming on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 (Fleming Auditorium). The title of her talk was "Reflections on 10 years of nanomaterials protein corona studies: what is known and next steps to apply this knowledge for nanomedicine and nanosafety”.
The recorded video of the lecture is available here.
Prof. Ari Theofilopoulos, Vice Chairman of the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute, California Campus visited BSRC Fleming on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 (Fleming Auditorium). The title of his talk was "TLRs and Transporters in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmunity”.
The recorded video of the lecture is available here.
The 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Prof. Bruce Beutler, Regental Professor and Director of the Center for Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, visited BSRC Fleming on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 (Fleming Auditorium). Prof. Beutler participated in the “Ask the Nobelist” Q&A session for young scientists which was moderated by Prof. Ari Theofilopoulos and Prof. George Kollias.
The recorded video of the Q&A session is available here.
The inaugural lecture for the DAS Program was delivered by Prof. Marcos Novak, Director of the transLAB and Vice Chair of the Media Arts and Technology Program at University of California, Santa Barbara. The title of his talk was "Transvergent Morphogenesis: Liquid Architectures in Nature and Artifice" and he discussed the notions of "transvergence" and "liquid architectures" in the context of biocomplexity, as well as ways in which the emergence of order in natural systems can inform the making of artificial structures of various kinds. The lecture took place at BSRC Fleming's Auditorium on Monday, February 24th, 2014.
The recorded video of the lecture is available here.