Alumni, staff and friends of the College who made a donation to the Annual Fund between August 2008 and July 2009 have been invited to the sixth Annual Fund donor reception and lecture to recognise the generosity that they have displayed. This year’s lecture, which takes place on Monday 5 October 2009, will be delivered by Professor Stephen Curry from the Department of Life Sciences.
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Professor Curry’s work focuses on using X-ray crystallography to examine the fine details of the molecules that sustain life, and some that seek to destroy it. His lecture will focus on his recent research on the miniscule foot-and-mouth disease virus, a particle too small to be seen by the naked eye but one that causes devastating epidemics afflicting cattle, sheep, pigs and goats all over the world. Professor Curry will tell the turbulent tale of how the trials and tribulations of modern structural biology – which has a distinguished history at the College – give us unprecedented insights into how the virus works on the molecular scale, and how it might furnish us with new ways to battle this dreadful blight.
Tea and coffee will be available for guests before the lecture, from 18.30, and the lecture will be followed by drinks and nibles in the Senior Common Room, where guests will have the chance to meet other Annual Fund donors and discuss the lecture with Professor Curry.
If you have received an invitation for this event, and would like to attend, please RSVP to Ben Latham on +44 (0)20 7594 6132 or at rsvp@imperial.ac.uk.
You can find out more about the Annual Fund, and make a donation online, at www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/supporting.