Programme

The programme for the symposium in honour of Professor Roger Kornberg follows. 

The symposium will begin at 13:50 hours on Wednesday 26 November, and will end at 17:45 hours. 

A pdf programme including more detailed timings of each lecture is available to download on this page.

Symposium Programme

Welcome and Introductions

How does a ribozyme work?
Winner of the RSC Interdisciplinary Medal 
David Lilley
University of Dundee, UK

Engineered protein pores for nanotechnology
Hagan Bayley
University of Oxford, UK

Engineered zinc finger proteins for intervention in gene regulation and for genome modification
Sir Aaron Klug
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK

The molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Roger Kornberg
Stanford University, USA

Awarding of Honorary Fellowship to Professor Roger Kornberg
Dave Garner
President, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK