with
Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto
Faster and lower cost medical diagnostics
and drug development. Rapid generation of novel, high value
materials. Remarkable new insights that cut through the
complexities of living organisms and changes in the environment.
These are all the results of recent and extraordinary progress
in the development of miniature laboratories (“labs
on chips”). With their capacity to simultaneously
perform huge numbers of highly-controlled, tiny experiments,
these devices have turbocharged the pace of discovery and
innovation, and changed the way that Professor Kumacheva
and many other scientists work. In her talk, she will speak
about how she uses these powerful new tools, what this means
for science, and the larger benefits for society.
A professor at the University of Toronto since 1996, Dr.
Eugenia Kumacheva leads one of Canada’s most active,
advanced chemistry groups. Her interests range from polymer
materials science, nanoscience and molecular self-assembly
to microfluidics and studies of carbon dioxide in liquid
environments. Appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in
2006, she has received numerous awards and accolades including,
most recently, a Killam Research Fellowship and, in 2008,
L’Oréal-UNESCO “Women in Science”
Prize. Last year, she returned as a Visiting Professor to
Moscow State University, where she had worked following
her PhD studies at the Russia Academy of Science. She has
held similar visiting positions at Oxford University, the
University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) and, very recently,
the University of Cambridge.
Organized by: The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering
(PAGSE)
Sponsored by:
--the Speaker of the Senate
--the Speaker of the House of Commons
--Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Date: Thursday September 30, 2010 from 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Place: Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill
Cost: No charge to Members of the House of Commons, Senators
and Media. All others $20
Registration: Please register by contacting Donna Boag,
PAGSE Manager: 613-991-6369, pagse@rsc.ca
Registration Deadline: Monday September 27, 2010
