Dr. Craig Mello, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine presents a public lecture entitled
"RNAi: a molecular spark in an information inferno"
Nearly 4 billion years ago, an informational fire ignited in Earth’s primordial pools—and it never went out. Molecular life evolved ever-better ways to capture, process, and pass information. Trillions of lineages persisted, each with an internal fire, the genome, constantly capturing molecular sparks from other lineages. Guided-search systems like RNAi channeled and tamed the inferno and ultimately inspired genetic medicines—tiny sparks of life-saving code. Yet life’s logic remains mysterious; many sparks still await discovery. Bring your curiosity (marshmallows optional).
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The 3rd Annual Schoenberg Lectureship is presented by the Center for RNA Biology in partnership with Science Sundays. Both the lecture and the reception will be held at the Fawcett Center