Nobel Laureate Lecture Series: Professor Venki Ramakrishnan

May 1-4, 2024

Venki Ramakrishnan Ph.D.    
Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan is a Nobel Prize-winning biologist whose many scientific contributions include his work on the atomic structure of the ribosome.

Venki received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on ribosomal structure and was knighted in 2012. He is a Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina and EMBO, and a Foreign Member of the Indian National Science Academy. He was President of the Royal Society from November 2015 until November 2020.
 

IMPORTANTLY, Dr. Ramakrishna saw the schedule and was keen to give a second more technical seminar. Therefore, please feel free to attend his noon seminar, Friday, May 3, in Gilmer 301. The title is "Structural Studies on Initiation of Protein Synthesis". click here for the updated schedule