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The Hayashi Lectureship
7/12/04 - 4:00 PM - Lillie Auditorium
“Centrosomes and Cell Division in C. elegans Embryos”
Anthony Hyman, Ph.D., Max Planck Insitute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Dr. Anthony Hyman was awarded a Ph.D. in 1988 from Kings College in Cambridge. After completing postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Francisco, he established his first research group in 1993 at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. In 1998, Dr. Hyman became director and group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden. He has since devoted much energy to expanding the new research institute.
Dr. Hyman’s research group focuses on understanding the relationship between the dynamics of microtubule polymers and the formation of the mitotic spindle, the structure that segregates the chromosomes at mitosis. The group also looks at understanding the interrelationship between microtubules and cell polarity during division of living cells.
Dr. Hyman was recently awarded the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Gold Medal. The prize, which is awarded to biologists under the age of 40, acknowledges Dr. Hyman’s contributions to understanding the mechanisms involved in cell division.
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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