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The Hayashi Lectureship in Cell Physiology
7/17/09 - 9:00 AM, Lillie Auditorium
Reception will take place in the Lillie Lobby following the lecture.
"Integrin Signaling and Anchorage Dependence of Growth"
Martin Schwartz, University of Virginia
Martin Schwartz is a Professor of Microbiology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. Martin received his undergraduate degree from New College in 1975 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Stanford University in 1979. Prior to Martin's appointment at the University of Virginia, he held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School and Scripps Research Institute. Martin's research interest is in integrin signaling and its relevance to mechanotransduction, cancer and vascular disease. His laboratory is also developing new methods to measure mechanical forces and signaling events in cells and apply them to cells under fluid flow, developing embryos and cell migration.
About the Hayashi Lectureship
The Tay Hayashi Lectureship in Cell Physiology was established to pay tribute to a scientist who holds a special place in the hearts and minds of his friends, colleagues, and students.
Teru Hayashi, known by all with affection as “Tay,” needs little introduction here at the MBL. As research mentor, professor, and chairman at Columbia University and the Illinois Institute of Technology, Tay had a profound influence on his field and on budding researchers for more than 50 years. His work on actin remains fundamental to current research, and includes the first quantitative demonstration of the contribution of actin to myosin-based tension development in vitro, and the discovery of “barbed end” actin assembly.
Tay first conducted summer research at the MBL as a graduate student in 1938. He later joined the world-renowned MBL muscle motility group, ultimately playing a vital role in the Laboratory’s institutional growth and development. Moreover, as noted by a dear friend, “his tremendous contributions to tennis, poker, naughty songs, and fishing are legendary.” In short, Tay was the embodiment of the spirit of the Woods Hole community, and of the scientific achievement and intellectual freedom synonymous with the MBL. Today we celebrate and remember that lifelong achievement, precious freedom, and indomitable spirit with the third Tay Hayashi Lecture in Cell Physiology.
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