Join us for the 3rd Annual Schoenberg Lectureship 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 this month.
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).
This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you kindly RSVP using the updated form below, but registration is not required to attend the lecture. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Dr. Craig C. Mello received his BSc degree in biochemistry from Brown University in 1982 and received his PhD from Harvard University in 1990. From 1990 to 1994 he conducted postdoctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash. He has been a member of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School faculty since 1995, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator from 2000-2024. His pioneering research on RNAi, in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Fire, has been recognized with numerous awards culminating with the prestigious 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Science Sundays is a free lecture series open to the public that provides a wide range of current and emerging topics and issues in science that touch our everyday lives. Speakers are experts in their fields from on campus and around the world with experience in making their topics interesting and accessible for audiences of all ages, with or without a science background.
Each lecture is followed by a free, informal reception from 4-5 p.m. at the Ohio Staters Traditions Room in the Ohio Union.
If you have questions about accessibility or wish to request an accommodation for a disability please contact John Beacom (beacom.7@osu.edu; 614-247-8102). With advance notice of two weeks, we can generally provide seamless access.