20 a 20 May. 2025 - 16:30
Public Lecture - Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian
Ardem Patapoutian, PhD - Presidential Endowed Chair in Neurobiology Professor, Department of Neuroscience Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scripps Research
The Champalimaud Foundation is honoured to welcome Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian for a public lecture. Awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongside David Julius for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, Professor Patapoutian will join us at the Main Auditorium to share insights from his research.
Attendance is free, but registration is required via the Eventbrite page.
Please note that this event will be held in English.
Title
May the Force be with you! Piezo Channels in Mechanosensory Biology
Biography
Ardem Patapoutian is a professor at Scripps Research, where his laboratory identified the molecules that sense temperature and pressure involved in touch, pain, and regulating blood pressure. Patapoutian is of Armenian descent and was born in Lebanon. He immigrated to the USA in 1986. He graduated from UCLA in 1990 with a B.S., received his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1996, and performed postdoctoral training at UCSF. He joined the faculty of Scripps Research in 2000, where he is currently the Presidential Endowed Chair in Neurobiology and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He held a joint appointment at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation from 2000 to 2014, serving as director of Discovery Research. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2017) and a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020). He is a recipient of the 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, the 2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, and the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
