Mini-symposium on Microbial Genomics, Evolution, and Medicine
- 發佈日期: 2026-04-15
- 更新日期: 2026-04-20
- 資料來源: 國家衛生研究院
- 瀏覽次數: 98
歐洲分子生物學組織（EMBO）成立於1964年，總部位於德國海德堡，致力於推動生命科學研究與促進國際學術交流，亦為歐洲科學倡議組織的創始成員之一。為強化歐洲與台灣之間的科研合作，EMBO將於今年4月25日至27日在中央研究院舉辦「Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions」工作坊，聚焦基因體學與生物交互作用等議題。工作坊結束後，本所擬於4月28日邀請兩位專長於微生物演化基因體學與抗藥性研究的學者Gianni Liti教授（法國INSERM，亦為EMBO Fellow）及Michael McDonald教授（澳洲Monash University）蒞院演講，並以小型研討會形式與國衛院同仁進行深入交流。活動亦安排感疫所羅秀容研究員及群健所廖玉潔研究員進行學術報告，並包含餐敘與實地參訪。兩位學者以實驗演化生物學與族群遺傳學為主要研究方法，其經驗可補強本院研究能量，並促進跨領域合作，拓展抗藥性相關議題之國際交流契機。
講者學術背景：
1. Gianni Liti (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DKDEoMcAAAAJ )
Dr. Gianni Liti is a senior CNRS researcher at the Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (IRCAN) in France. He studied biology and received a Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Perugia (Italy) with Prof. Alessandro Martini and postdoctoral training at University of Leicester and University of Nottingham with Prof. Edward Louis. He joined the Institute for Research on Cancer and Ageing of Nice (France) in 2011 as CNRS researcher and established the research group “Population genomics and complex traits”. Gianni Liti’s lab uses genetics and genomics to understand the evolutionary processes that shape natural variation at the population level. He serves as editor in chief of the journal Yeast (Wiley) since 2016. He received the DuPont Young Professor Award (2015), the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei “Giovanna Jucci” prize for genetics (2021), Mortimer’s medal (2023) and the joined Franco-Taiwanese award with Jason Tsai. He was elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) member in 2021.
2. Michael McDonald (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5JLRdvAAAAAJ )
Mike McDonald is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University whose research explores how microbes evolve and adapt. Originally from New Zealand, he trained at Massey and Auckland Universities and later held postdoctoral positions at Academia Sinica in Taiwan and Harvard University. His work uses experimental evolution, whole-genome sequencing, and molecular genetics to directly observe evolution in action. By studying how microbial communities respond to climate change, antibiotics, and phage therapy, Mike aims to better predict evolutionary change and develop new ways to manage microbiomes and combat antibiotic resistance (www.mcdonald-lab.com ).
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