Seminar – Uri Manor, PhD – “Novel Molecular & Computational Tools for Studying Organelle Dynamics”

Uri Manor, PhD University of California – San Diego Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Uri Manor is the inaugural Director of the Goddel Family Technology Sandbox, an Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Dr. David V. Goddel Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences at UC San Diego. As a person born with severe-to-profound hearing loss, Uri has always been fascinated by the biological mechanisms of health and disease. As a beneficiary of hearing aids, without which his life would be entirely different, Uri has a deep-seated gratitude and enthusiasm for the power of technology to treat disease and make the world a better place for everyone. Uri’s research is thus perhaps unsurprisingly focused on the development and application of new technologies that facilitate a better understanding of how biological systems work in health and disease, and the treatment thereof. Major areas of focus are deep learning-based methods for biological and biomedical research, the cell biology of mitochondria and lysosomes in neurodegeneration and hearing loss. His main translational focus is on accelerating and democratizing treatments for rare pediatric diseases, which is an unfortunately hugely unmet need. [uw-reusable-content id=’27295′]