presents
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeries
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesoffersanopportunityforthegreaterWilmingtoncommunitytobenefitdirectlyfromthe
topicsofinformationavailabletotheCenterinitsstudyareas.
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesisfreeandopentothepublic.Theseminarisheldinthemain
auditoriumattheUNCWCenterforMarineScience,5600MarvinK.MossLane.Theseminarwill
beginpromptlyat6:30p.m.intheauditorium.Areceptionwithlighthorsd’oeuvreswillfollow.
Duetolimitedseating,reservationsarerequired.AdvanceregistrationforBlueFishSocietymembers
willendOctober29,2005.ThegeneralpublicmaybeginregistrationonOctober31,2005.
UNCWCenterforMarineScience
5600MarvinK.MossLane
Wilmington,NC28409
UnderseaTreasure:
ThePromiseofMarineBiotechnology
withDr.JeffreyL.C.Wright
CarlB.BrownDistinguishedProfessor
ofMarineScience,UNCWilmington
Tuesday,November15,2005
6:30p.m.
UnderseaTreasure:ThePromiseofMarineBiotechnology
withDr.JeffreyL.C.Wright
CarlB.BrownDistinguishedProfessorofMarineScience,UNCWilmington
M
arineBiotechnologytechnologieswidelybenefit
societydirectlyandindirectly.Foods,seafood
safety,medicines,cosmetics,petproducts,dietary
supplements,industrialchemicals,biomaterials,
agrochemicals,processingtechnologies,diagnostics
andnutraceuticals,arebutafewwaysmarine
biotechnologiestouchourdailylives.
D
r.JeffreyWright,CarlB.BrownDistinguished
ProfessorandresearcherattheCenterforMarine
Science,UNCW,hasastellarresearchcareerinthe
fieldofmarinebiotechnology.Hereceivedanhonors
bachelor’sdegreeinchemistryandaPh.D.inorganic
naturalproductsfromtheUniversityofGlasgow.
Afterteachingandresearch
attheUniversityCollegeof
Wales,OxfordUniversity
andDalhousieUniversity,he
conductedresearchforthe
NationalResearchCouncilof
Canada,whereheledateam
ofscientistsexploringmarine
organismsassourcesfornew
leadsforthepharmaceutical
industry.
H
eisarecognizedworldexpertonmarine
toxins,andafterthedeathsoffourpeopleand
thehospitalizationofoveronehundredpatients
Pleasejoinusforthesecondseminar
inthe2005-2006PlanetOceanseries:
UnderseaTreasure:
ThePromiseofMarineBiotechnology
withDr.JeffreyL.C.Wright
November15,2005
UNCWCenterforMarineScience
Auditorium
Seminar6:30p.m./Reception7:30p.m.
whohadconsumedtoxicshellfish,theNational
ResearchCouncilofCanadacalleduponDr.Wright
tospearheadaresearchteamtoidentifythetoxin
responsible.Withinaremarkable104-hourperiod,
thepoisonwasidentified.Inthefollowingyears,his
groupidentifiedtwonewshellfishtoxingroups,andhe
becameaspokespersonformarinetoxinsinCanada.
Forhisworkinthisfield,Dr.Wrightwasappointedto
theOrderofCanadain1994,andawardedtheQueen
ElizabethIIGoldenJubileeMedalin2003.
H
ewassecondedfromtheNationalResearch
CounciltohelpintheestablishmentofOcean
NutritionCanada,anewbiotechcompanydevoted
tothediscoveryandmanufactureofmarine
nutraceuticals.EventuallyhelefttheNational
ResearchCounciltocontinueastheExecutiveDirector
ofResearchforOceanNutrition.
H
ejoinedtheUNCWChemistryandBiochemistry
facultyin2000andhasestablishednewprograms
attheCenterforMarineScienceinthechemistryand
biochemistryofculturablemarineorganisms.
D
rWright’spresentation“UnderseaTreasure:
ThePromiseofMarine
Biotechnology”willgiveusa
glimpseintothefuture.
CenterforMarineScience
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