On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Prof. Krzysztof Palczewski, an esteemed member of the Twin4Promis Advisory Board, will perform his institutional visit at the premises of the National Hellenic Research Foundation.
In the framework of his visit, Prof. Palczewski will give a lecture entitled “Saving Eyesight, One Gene at a Time” on Tuesday, October 15, at 12:00 pm.
Prof. Palczewski is a distinguished biochemical pharmacologist and molecular biologist, known for his scientific contributions to the biology and chemistry of vertebrate vision and therapy of retinal diseases. His laboratory is renowned for solving the structures of different forms of rhodopsin, a prototype for G protein-coupled receptors, which comprise the largest and most diverse family of human drug targets, along with other important proteins of the visual system.
The lecture will be conducted in a hybrid format, in the National Hellenic Research Foundation Seminar Room and via the Zoom platform.