Rodney Porter Memorial Lectures

The
Rodney Porter
Memorial Lectures

The Rodney Porter Memorial Lectures were inaugurated in 1998 as the premier event in the scientific calendar of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, and take place in the Department of Biochemistry main seminar room.

The lectures were named after Rodney Porter, Nobel Laureate 1972 and Head of the Department of Biochemistry 1967-1985, in recognition of his outstanding contributions both to scientific research and to Oxford University.

	21st Rodney Porter Lecture 2019 Professor Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil, D.Sc, FRS, FRSE Hansen Professor of Structural Biology, Chair Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, US Towards Design of Universal Influenza Vaccines and Therapeutics Tuesday 9th April 2019 Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building

	20th Rodney Porter Lecture 2018 Professor Tom Rapoport, Professor of Cell Biology, HHMI Investigator, Harvard Medical School. Mechanism of ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) Tuesday 8th May 2018 Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building

	19th Rodney Porter Lecture 2017 Dr. Richard Henderson, FRS MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge. The cryoEM revolution in structural biology Wednesday 24th May 2017 Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building

	18th Rodney Porter Lecture 2016 Professor Austin G Smith, FRS, FRSE Medical Research Council Professor and Director, Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge Principles of pluripotency: from the ground state up Tuesday 10th May 2016 Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building

	17th Rodney Porter Lecture 2015 Dame Professor Carol Robinson, FRS Royal Society Research Professor and Doctor Lee's Professor Elect at the University of Oxford "Two decades of structural biology in the gas phase" Thursday 28th May 2015 Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building
	16th Rodney Porter Lecture 2014 Peter E. Wright "Intrinsic protein disorder and signaling complexity"
	15th Rodney Porter Lecture 2013 Gabriel Waksman "Transport through bacterial membranes: structural and molecular biology of secretion systems"
	14th Rodney Porter Lecture 2012 Kay Davies "Duchenne muscular dystrophy: from gene to therapy" <
	13th Rodney Porter Lecture 2011 Peter Ratcliffe “Signalling oxygen levels in cells”
	12th Rodney Porter Lecture 2010 Elizabeth Blackburn “Telomeres and Telomerase: responses to their perturbation”
	11th Rodney Porter Lecture 2009 Roger Tsien “Genetically encoded and synthetic molecules for in vivo and clinical imaging”
	10th Rodney Porter Lecture 2008 Frances Ashcroft “Ion channels and diabetes: a rollercoaster ride” Photographs
	9th Rodney Porter Lecture 2007 Kim Nasmyth “The chemistry of chromatid segregation: bound together by a ring and separated by a protease that cleaves it” Photographs
	8th Rodney Porter Lecture 2006 Edwin Southern “Is there Life in Genomics?” Photographs
	7th Rodney Porter Lecture 2005 Sydney Brenner “Biological Complexity and Protein Biochemistry” Photographs Postponed from 2004 due to illness
	6th Rodney Porter Lecture 2003 Paul Nurse “Controlling the Cell Cycle” Photographs
	5th Rodney Porter Lecture 2002 Andrew McMichael “Towards an AIDS Vaccine: Science, Trials and Tribulations” Photographs
	4th Rodney Porter Lecture 2001 Stanley Prusiner “The Mad Cow Crisis” Photographs
	3rd Rodney Porter Lecture 2000 Richard Lerner “Antibodies Yesterday - Antibodies Today - Antibodies Tomorrow” Photographs
	2nd Rodney Porter Lecture 1999 John Gurdon “From Clones to Signals: The Redirection of Cell Fate”
	1st Rodney Porter Lecture 1998 John Walker “The Rotary Mechanism of ATP Synthesis” Photographs