[bioundgrd] HHMI Lecture and Luncheon 3/19

[MacKenzie Outlund]

Hi Bio Majors,

If you're still interested in lunch with Dr. MacKinnon on Thursday, there's
still room!  Let me know.  Note that the lunch has been moved to 180 (not
181).  If you can't make the lunch, please still plan to attend this
lecture!  There will be a brief reception afterward and you'll have a chance
to greet Dr. MacKinnon then.

See you there,
MacKenzie

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> From: MacKenzie Outlund <moutlund at mit.edu>
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:52:44 -0500
> To: "bioundgrd at mit.edu" <bioundgrd at MIT.EDU>
> Conversation: HHMI Lecture and Luncheon 3/19
> Subject: HHMI Lecture and Luncheon 3/19
> 
> Dear Biology Undergrads:
> 
> Each spring the Biology Undergraduate Student Association (BUSA) hosts the
> Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Lecture as its flagship event of the
> year.  A prominent researcher joins us to share his/her work and interact
> with the MIT community, most especially YOU, the Institute's undergraduates.
> We are excited to announce that 2009's distinguished speaker is Nobel Prize
> winner Dr. Roderick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University.
> 
> The BUSA Executive Board would like to invite you to join us Thursday, March
> 19 at 4pm in the Whitehead Auditorium (WI-110) for the 2009 HHMI Lecture.  A
> small reception with Dr. MacKinnon will follow.
> 
> As a part of his visit, Dr. MacKinnon will have lunch specifically with
> undergraduates from 12-1pm on March 19 in 68-181.  This is a wonderful
> opportunity to have a much more personal interaction with our speaker.
> 
> ***If you would like to attend this lunch, please RSVP to MacKenzie at
> moutlund at mit.edu***
> 
> An introduction to Dr. MacKinnon's talk and brief biographical information:
> 
> "Ion channels: life¹s electrical impulse generators"
> 
> Ion channels are responsible for generating electrical impulses and
> mediating numerous cellular processes. To accomplish their tasks in biology
> ion channels must exhibit two basic properties, selectivity and gating.
> Selectivity refers to the property of high fidelity discrimination among
> similar ions, while gating refers to protein conformational changes that
> open a channel in response to specific stimuli such as ligand binding or
> membrane voltage. Recent developments on the molecular principles of
> selectivity and gating in potassium channels will be presented.
> 
> Roderick MacKinnon is a professor at Rockefeller University and Investigator
> in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received an undergraduate degree
> from Brandeis University, a medical degree from Tufts University and
> training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.  His
> research aims to understand the molecular basis of the electrical system of
> living cells.  His studies have been recognized by numerous awards,
> including the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
> 
> 
> We hope to see you March 19!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> BUSA Executive Board
> 
> Dima Ter-Ovanesyan and Cathy Zhang
> Co-Presidents
> 
> 

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