ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
3M, a global science-based company that inspires creative collaboration,
today welcomed Nobel Laureate, Martin Chalfie, for an interactive
session at its state-of-the-art innovation center in Dubai. Professor
Chalfie was a speaker at the two day ‘Nobel
Prize Series’ event produced by Nobel Media and the Nobel Museum in
partnership with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. The session
was attended by key 3M partners, customers and government
representatives.
“We are honored to receive Professor Martin Chalfie at the 3M Innovation
Center in Dubai and gain his expert perspective on science, technology
and innovation. At 3M, we use science every day to create real impact in
every life around the world,” said Andrei Holban, regional managing
director for the Middle East and Africa region at 3M. “Inspired by
Dubai's leadership and its vision to promote the Emirate as a hub for
global innovation, we are constantly striving to create an environment
fostering creativity and imaginative forward thinking, which we believe
will help us drive sustainable development.”
The Nobel Laureate’s visit to the 3M Innovation Center in Dubai is in
line with 3M’s recently announced international partnership with Nobel
Media. This collaboration brings together two respected organizations
committed to the advancement of innovation, education and scientific
research.
3M is a sponsor of the Nobel Prize Series Dubai, which took place March
20-21, 2016, and featured three Nobel Laureates – Martin
Chalfie (Chemistry, 2008), George F. Smoot (Physics, 2006) and Kurt
Wüthrich (Chemistry, 2002) – as well as business leaders, academics,
policymakers and students. The theme for the Dubai event was “Learning
for Life,” with the goal of raising increased public engagement in
science.
Martin Chalfie shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the
discovery and development of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a
biological marker, now a fundamental tool in many areas of research,
including cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, neurobiology
and the medical sciences. A Professor at Columbia University, he
obtained his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and did postdoctoral
research with Sydney Brenner at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
before moving to Columbia in 1982.
About 3M
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With $30 billion in sales, our 90,000 employees connect with customers
all around the world. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the
world’s problems at www.3M.com
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