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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/10/2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location
Krannert Center Foellinger Great Hall
Categories
Head to Krannert Center for a talk by Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize laureate and Leader at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK, entitled “My Adventures in the Ribosome.”
The ribosome is the ancient and enormous molecular machine that reads genetic information on mRNA to synthesize proteins. Although it was discovered in the 1950s, it took several decades to determine an atomic structure of the ribosome because of its complexity. This talk will cover Dr. Ramakrishnan’s own efforts to unravel its structure. He will also speak about his own career which involved living on three continents and switching from his initial training in physics to learning and carrying out research in molecular biology.
This talk is free and open to the public.
Dr. Ramakrishnan will also present as part of the multidisciplinary performance Gene Machine at 7:30pm on October 10.
