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May the proton-motive force be with you

25 January 2023, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm

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Professor Nick Lane, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

Invitation Only

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

ASCR Manager

Location

Housman Room
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

The proton-motive force is the dynamic electrical force-field that powers all life on earth. In the early years of the 20th century, one lab in Cambridge laid the foundations for our understanding of the dynamic side of biochemistry. The free spirits that dispersed from that lab seeded some of the most important intellectual traditions within UCL and further afield. Nick will highlight how the positive effects of an open-minded inclusiveness transmitted right through into the 21st century. He will interweave this human story with some of the excitingly unanswered scientific implications, stretching from the origin of life to consciousness.