Inauguration Talk: "An atomic view of biology"
Life is a series of chemical reactions governed by thermodynamics and kinetics. Being able to correctly position atoms in biomolecules transforms our understanding of biological processes. Rosalind Franklin’s diffraction image of DNA fibre was an early example of the power of structural biology, it stimulated Watson and Crick to construct the DNA double helix model that directly led to the molecular biology revolution. Structural biology and its cousin chemical biology, have grown to encompass a wide range of techniques in addition to X-ray diffraction. In my lecture I will cover some examples where atomic level study of proteins has uncovered new insights, led to new biotechnology and provided a starting point for a new antimicrobials.
Date:
16 May 2018, 15:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2018)
Venue:
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details:
Meeting rooms A & B
Speaker:
Prof Jim Naismith (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Organiser:
Agata Krupa (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)
Hosts:
Prof Yvonne Jones (University of Oxford),
Prof David Stuart (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Strubi seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Agata Krupa
