Nobel Laureate (2014) WE Moerner will speak at the NESACS June 11, 2015 Monthly

Meeting at Nova Biomedical in Waltham

The Nobel Prize-winning microscopy techniques developed in part by Stanford's W.E. Moerner
has allowed scientists to visualize precise molecular mechanisms inside living cells, opening
new windows to how life can be studied. The ground-breaking work of Professor Moerner and
his colleagues has made a major contribution to our ability to observe molecules at the smallest
scales (single molecule), opening up new possibilities for discovery in areas ranging from
disease management to drug development. He was the first one to allow us to actually visualize
a single molecule by helping to create a method in which fluorescence in individual molecules
is steered by light. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine, biology, applied physics
and electrical engineering, Moerner has helped reveal key details of how Huntington's proteins
damage the brain, how bacterial proteins regulate DNA replication and cellular division in time
and space, and the precise structures of the cellular antennae that, if mutated, can trigger various
diseases in humans.
Professor Moerner received his B.S. and A.B. degrees from Washington University in 1975 and
his M.S. and PhD degrees from Cornell University in 1978 and 1982. He is currently the Harry
S. Mosher Professor in Chemistry at Stanford University.

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