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Prof Richard Henderson的講座
進行一場科學的盛宴
Molecular structures in biology:
from haemoglobin to the coronavirus
from X-ray diffraction to cryoEM.
Speaker：Professor Richard Henderson
About this event
We are pleased to welcome this lecture from Sir Professor Richard Henderson FRS (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge) who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2017 for his work 「developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution."
During this lecture Professor Henderson will discuss the structure determination of single molecules and complex systems, including viruses, that are important for understanding biological processes and developing drugs and vaccines. His lecture will include discussions about the structure of the coronavirus and will include the opportunity for asking questions.
■ How to join
--This event is open to all.
--Date and time:
Mon, December 14, 2020
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
--The link of this event:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nobel-prize-winner-prof-richard-henderson-molecular-structures-in-biology-registration-129733120255
--Bookings will close 1hr prior to the start of the event.
--Registrants will receive details of how to join the online talk 24hrs before the event, via their provided email address.
--Please contact the DMU Events Office on eventsoffice@dmu.ac.uk if you have any questions.
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Facts
Richard Henderson
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
Affiliation at the time of the award:
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation:
"for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution."
Prize share: 1/3
Life:
Richard Henderson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After studies at the University of Edinburgh, he received his doctor’s degree at the University of Cambridge, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in 1969. After a stay in the U.S. at Yale University, New Haven, he returned to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in 1973. He has been working there ever since.
Work:
Fundamental processes of life are governed by a number of complicated molecules. The electron microscope, which uses electron beams instead of light, expands the possibilities to image these molecules. However, electron beams destroy biological structures. Richard Henderson succeeded in finding a way to avoid by combining weaker rays and mathematical analysis. In 1990, he generated a detailed three-dimensional image of a molecule. Electron microscope images provide knowledge that is important for the development of pharmaceuticals, among other things.
原標題：《【諾獎線上講座】Prof Richard Henderson: Molecular structures in biology》
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