Abstract

What better way can there be to start the exam term than attending a talk by a Nobel Prize winner? James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material”, arguably one of the most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century. Since his famous 1953 Nature paper, James Watson continued working in the field of genetics, first at the University of Harvard and then at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he is still resident these days. This Tuesday he is coming to Cambridge to give us a talk about antioxidants, and how their effects might not be as beneficial as you might have thought…

Please book here: http://www.scisoc.com/james-watson-booking/

If you have booked a place, please arrive at the BMS at 7:20pm. If you have not booked a place, do not worry, as you can still join the queue at 7:40pm, however in this case we will not be able to guarantee you a seat.