Alumni Lecture - October 2009

Wrestling with an invisible enemy, atom by atom

On 5th October 2009 I gave a lecture to a group of College Alumni who have given generously to the College and continue to take an interest in the research that is going on at Imperial. I used the opportunity to give what I hope is a pretty accessible account of our work on the structure of the 3C protease from foot-and-mouth disease virus. More detailed information can be found here or by consulting our publications.

The rector, Professor Sir Roy Anderson, gives a brief introduction. The lecture itself starts about 8 minutes in. I'm afraid I did go on a bit — the lecture lasts about 70 minutes — but it's a gripping story! The video is intercut with the slides that I showed which I hope makes it accessible to most viewers.

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