Associate Professor Ernst Wolvetang Seminar
In 2008 Dr Wolvetang was appointed Associate Professor in Stem cell Biology at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and nanotechnology in the University of Queensland where he now leads the stem cell engineering group. Prior to that he was head of the Basic Human Embryonic Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at the Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) as well as Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Monash University. Before joining the ASCC he was a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Early Human Development in the laboratory of Professor Martin Pera (2003-2006) at the Institute for Reproduction and Development, Monash University. During that period he investigated the role of signalling/gene regulation pathways in the control of growth, differentiation and apoptosis of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) by using lentiviral delivery of shRNA's and cDNAs. This work culminated in his first authored publication in Nature Biotechnology, describing for the first time the relationship between the expression of CD30, apoptosis and genetic instability in hESC. Dr Wolvetang is an editor of several stem cell journals, has submitted three recent patents in the stem cell field and is the director of the Australian Stem Cell Centre Reprogramming and induction of pluripotency program. At present Associate Professor Wolvetang investigates fundamental biological processes of hESC, the development of hESC bioreactors and induced pluripotent cells.
Where:
UQCCR Main Auditorium, Level 2 (Ground Floor)
When:
Starts: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 4:30 PM
Ends: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 5:30 PM
