Lecture/Discussion, 1.5 hours total 
Social hour afterwards (snacks and drinks, family games) 
Ages: 10+ (middle school through adults, families encouraged to attend together) 

Admission: 
$20 kids 
$10 adults 
Max $40 per family 

Please pre-register and pre-pay via PayPal (dfroim@yahoo.com) 

This is a charitable event and all funds raised will be channeled to help Ukraine and to Global Disaster Relief.

Payments and additional donations will also be accepted at the door (cash, Venmo, PayPal), but we encourage you to pre-register so that we know in advance how many people we expect. 

Lecture by Eugene Shakhnovich, Ph.D. 
Roy G. Gordon Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
What is a gene? How is information about us is stored in our genomes?  How is genetic information transmitted in cells from genes to workhorses of life – proteins? What are proteins and what do they do in cells? How do they fold in cells and who helps them? What happens when proteins fail to fold correctly? Get ready for a journey to the fascinating world of molecules of life – building blocks of all cells, from bacteria to humans. Professor Shakhnovich, your guide, will tell you exciting stories about adventures of DNA, RNA and Proteins in living cells.

Eugene Shakhnovich studied physics at Moscow State University and got his PhD in 1984 in Biophysics. Arrived in the USA in 1990 to join the lab of Professor Martin Karplus (2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). Professor at Harvard since 1991, currently a Roy Gordon Chair in Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Biophysics.