Convergence Seminar
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Prashant Mali, PhD

Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego

Prashant Mali is a faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego. His research is in the fields of synthetic biology and regenerative medicine, with a long-term focus on developing tools for enabling gene and cell based human therapeutics. In this regard, he has contributed to the development of CRISPRs and ADARs as powerful tools for DNA and RNA editing, with wide applications in both basic biology and human therapeutics.

Mali received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Genetics at the Harvard Medical School.

He has received multiple awards including the Siebel Scholar Award, the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award, the March of Dimes Basil O’Conner Scholar Award, the Kimmel Scholar Award, Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, Young Alumnus Achiever Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.

 

Hosted by: Seth Shipman, PhD

 

Details

Dates
March 8, 2023
Time
1:00-2:00pm PST
Location
Mahley Auditorium
Audience
Gladstone and UCSF
Contact(s)





The Convergence Seminar is organized by Gladstone’s Institute for Data Science and Biotechnology. This seminar series brings together scientists from varying disciplines to solve complex scientific questions and accelerate the path to cures.

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