Invitation to the ICTP Colloquium TODAY 25 July 2017 at 17.00 hrs: "Unraveling the Sense of Smell" by Prof. Linda Buck

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Dear All,

ICTP is pleased to announce that the forthcoming ICTP Colloquium, 
"Unraveling the Sense of Smell", by Prof. Linda Buck from the Fred 
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Nobel Prize in Physiology or 
Medicine 2004, will take place *TODAY at 17.00 hrs* in the Budinich 
Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, ICTP.

This is a joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium held in conjunction with the 
Workshop on Frontiers in Olfaction (http://indico.ictp.it/event/7979/).

*BIOSKETCH:* Dr. Linda Buck is a Full Member at Fred Hutchinson Cancer 
Research Center and an Affiliate Professor at the University of 
Washington. She received a B.S. from the University of Washington and a 
Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She was 
previously Full Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. 
Buck is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National 
Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts of Sciences, a 
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a 
Foreign Member of the Royal Society. Dr. Buck's research has provided 
key insights into the mechanisms that underlie our sense of smell. Her 
pioneering research has shed light on how thousands of odor molecules in 
the environment are first detected in the nose and then translated by 
the brain into diverse odor perceptions and instinctive behaviors. Dr. 
Buck has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 
Unilever Science Award, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished 
Work in Medical Research, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, 
and, in 2004, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

*ABSTRACT*: The sense of smell allows mammals to perceive a multitude of 
environmental chemicals as having a distinct odor. It also mediates the 
detection of pheromones and predator odors that elicit innate responses. 
We are interested in how the olfactory system detects different 
chemicals and how the nervous system translates those chemicals into 
diverse perceptions and behaviors. Using a combination of molecular, 
cellular, and genetic approaches, we have identified families of 
receptors that initially detect odorants and pheromones in peripheral 
sense organs, asked how those receptors encode the identities of 
different chemicals, and investigated how the signals they generate are 
routed and organized in the nervous system to yield distinct perceptions 
and instinctive responses. Our work also touches on other neural 
circuits that affect emotions and innate drives that modulate behavior.

More information at: http://indico.ictp.it/event/8245/

Featured article at: 
https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2017/7/colloquium-buck.aspx

Light refreshments will be served after the lecture.

You are all very warmly invited to attend. The Colloquium will also be 
livestreamed from the ICTP website at: www.ictp.it

Sandro Scandolo for Fernando Quevedo

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