Juli Peretó (Valencia University, Spain)
Speaker: Prof. Juli Peretó (Valencia University, Spain)
Talk: Discussing on the origin of life as an educational tool in biochemistry
Time: Saturday 13th July 2013, 10:25
Venue: Biotechnology Summer School 2013, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, Kładki 24
Category: Invited lecture during Biotechnology Summer School
Juli Peretó, biographical note
Juli Peretó is Tenured Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and researcher at the Evolutionary Genetics Unit, Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of València. His research interests include the evolution of metabolism, the minimal genome concept, and the history of ideas on the natural origin and the artificial synthesis of life. He teaches metabolism in an evolutionary context to biologists, biochemists and biotechnologists. Currently coordinates a consortium of eight European universities in the Erasmus IP course Origin, Evolution and Future of the Biosphere. He was formerly Secretary of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL-The International Astrobiology Society) and has been elected as Second Vice President of ISSOL for the term 2011-2014. His most recent book, coauthored with A. Moya, is “Simbiosis: seres que evolucionan juntos” (Síntesis, Madrid, 2011).