18 May 2011
Life Sciences students to meet Nobel Laureate
Photo opportunity - Prof Ramakrishnan with life sciences students
3.45pm, tomorrow (19th May), Wellcome Trust Building,
University of Dundee
Undergraduate Life Sciences students at the University of Dundee will be given an audience with a Nobel Laureate this afternoon.
Professor Venki Ramakrishnan, who is based at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, is visiting Dundee today to
deliver the annual Peter Garland Lecture at the College of Life Sciences.
Venki Ramakrishnan is one of the most prominent molecular biologists in the world today. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry with Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath 'for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome'.
His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the National Academy of Sciences,
USA, Louis Jentet Prize for Medicine, Datta Medal, Heatley Medal, Foreign Member of the Indian National Science Academy.
He received India's second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2010.
The Peter Garland Lecture is the College of Life Sciences' most prestigious lecture. Peter Garland was the first Professor
of Biochemistry in Dundee and under his leadership from 1970-1984 it became the UK’s strongest life sciences department.
'We are delighted that Venki Ramakrishnan is here to deliver our most prestigious lecture of the year,' said Professor
Mike Ferguson, of the College of Life Sciences.
'His lecture will be a superb demonstration of interdisciplinary science, combining biology, chemistry and physics. It
is a fantastic opportunity for our undergraduate students in particular to hear from one of the most prominent people working
in this field in the world today.'
The Peter Garland Lecture takes place at 4 pm tomorrow (19th May) in the College of Life Sciences.
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