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BE Seminar: Deleting the Genome: Quantitative Imaging Approaches to Design Nanomedicine Delivery Strategies
October 8, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Speaker: Prof. Jeremy Simpson
College Principal & Dean of Science
UCD College of Science
Date: 8th October 2025
Time: 4.00 PM
Venue: Classroom- 624(6th Floor), TCS Smart X Hub (TSH) Building
Title: Deleting the Genome: Quantitative Imaging Approaches to Design Nanomedicine Delivery Strategies
Abstract: Quantitative biological imaging approaches can be used to study a wide range of phenomena in basic cell biology as well as applications in biotechnology and bioengineering. In this seminar, I will describe our high-content imaging technology platform and how it provides insight into trafficking pathways in cells, a number of specific human diseases, as well as how nanoparticles, as therapeutic carriers, deliver their cargo into cells. I will also present some of our current work illustrating how we use high-content imaging to study 3D cell models, which together provide us with the opportunity to interrogate cell function at the molecular level, in turn making valuable contributions to our wider understanding of human disease and therapeutic options.
About The Speaker: Prof. Simpson is an internationally renowned cell biologist with over two decades of experience in prestigious institutions across the UK, USA, and Germany. As Dean of Science at UCD, he leads over 5,300 students and 750 staff members. He also heads the UCD Cell Screening Laboratory, conducting pioneering research in cellular dysfunction and nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery. With more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and numerous global lectures, Prof. Simpson brings unmatched academic depth and insight to this engagement.