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PUBLIC TALK: Crystallography in Biology

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A public talk by Alice Vrielink, Professor of Structural Biology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia.

The science of crystallography has had an enormous impact on our understanding of molecules, their structures, chemical and physical properties. The impacts of crystallography are felt daily on how we live our lives. Nowhere is there more evidence of this than in the area of biology. Not long after the first Nobel Prizes were awarded to Max von Laue in 1914, and the father and son team of William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg in 1915 was crystallography applied to the studies of a diverse range of biological molecules. Early work by Hodgkin on the structures of cholesterol, penicillin and vitamin B12 provided important insights into how these molecules functioned. The birth of the field of molecular biology was a direct consequence of the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA by Watson, Crick, Wilkins and Franklin. The first protein structures determined by Perutz and Kendrew opened the field of macromolecular crystallography. Subsequent structural studies of biomolecules have helped us understand fundamental biological processes such as how muscles contract, how cells divide, how proteins are made within the cell and how signals are transmitted and received between cells and tissues within our bodies. Crystallography has also helped us understand disease processes and design new and effective therapeutic agents to treat diseases and illnesses. In this lecture Professor Vrielink will give an overview of the impact crystallography has had in the area of biology and medicine. She will describe the seminal discoveries as a result of crystallographic studies of biological molecules and how these discoveries are helping us to understand the mysteries of life.

This lecture is part of the International Year of Crystallography lecture series at The University of Western Australia, sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Studies and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Cost: free, but RSVP required via http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/crystallography
Location Woolnough Lecture Theatre, Geography and Geology Building, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/crystallography
Start Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:00
End Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:00
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Last Updated Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:40
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