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SUMMARY:Migration in Science - Dr Sir Venki Ramakrishnan\, PRS
DTSTART:20180302T173000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Progress in science depends on a rapid exchange of ideas and e
 xposure to new approaches and viewpoints. Historically\, this progress has
  been accelerated by the movement of people. Scientists have been among th
 e most mobile of people\, going where they perceive the action to be. This
  talk will explore examples from various periods in history on how mobilit
 y resulted in scientific development. It will also describe the reasons be
 hind the moves in my own peripatetic life.\n\nBiography\n\nVenki Ramakrish
 nan received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Baroda University in 
 India in 1971 and his Ph.D. in physics from Ohio University in 1976. He th
 en studied biology for two years at the University of California\, San Die
 go before beginning his postdoctoral work with Peter Moore at Yale Univers
 ity. After a long career in the US\, he moved to England in 1999 to become
  a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. H
 e is also the current president of the Royal Society.\n\nRamakrishnan has 
 a long-standing interest in ribosome structure and function. In 2000\, his
  laboratory determined the atomic structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit a
 nd its complexes with ligands and antibiotics. This work has led to insigh
 ts into how the ribosome “reads” the genetic code\, as well as into va
 rious aspects of antibiotic function. Ramakrishnan’s lab subsequently de
 termined high-resolution structures of functional complexes of the entire 
 ribosome at various stages along the translational pathway\, which has led
  to insights into its role in protein synthesis during decoding\, peptidyl
  transfer\, translocation and termination. More recently his laboratory ha
 s been applying cryoelectron microscopy to study eukaryotic and mitochondr
 ial translation.\n\n
LOCATION:LMH\, Lady Mitchell Hall
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