Introduction

Roger David Kornberg (born April 24, 1947) is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine. 

In 2006, Professor Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription" which explains the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to RNA.

This symposium celebrates the honorary fellowship awarded to Professor Kornberg by the RSC.

About Professor Kornberg

Roger Kornberg earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1967 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1972. He conducted post-doctoral research at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He joined Harvard Medical School in 1976 as an assistant professor in the department of biological chemistry. Kornberg returned to Stanford in 1978 as a professor in the structural biology department. He served as department chair from 1984 until 1992, and is currently the Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Aims

This symposium aims to reinforce the importance of chemistry biology interface research, and to discuss the opportunities and challenges for the chemical sciences in understanding molecular individuality and addressing the cause to a range of diseases.