Oxford T-Talks opens in Seoul

By Kim Tae-gyu

World-renowned biologist Denis Noble will deliver a lecture today to young Korean people at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in eastern Seoul at the inaugural event of Oxford T-Talks.

Oxford T-Talks President Kim Sung-hee, also a visiting professor at Seoul National University, said Sunday that Noble will meet young people with the theme of “Life is not a rehearsal; Keep going.”

Oxford T-Talks is an organization designed to bring experts from Oxford University to Korea to share their experience and insight with people here.

On top of Noble’s lecture, various booths will also be set up to help participants with job postings and provide information about government support policies on startups.

Noble will also give a similar lecture in Daegu on Nov. 2.

Noble has worked at Oxford University for a long time. As one of the pioneers in systems biology, Noble developed the first mathematical model of cardiac cells in 1960, which was featured in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

Noble was elected to head the International Union of Physiological Sciences in 2009 and was re-elected for a second term four years later at the congress in the United Kingdom.

He is the author of the first popular book on systems biology, “The Music of Life.” The scientist has published 11 books and more than 500 papers.