2018 – Professor Emeritus Robert Glaeser, UC Berkeley, and Nobel Laureate Dr. Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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“The Revolution in Electron Cryo-Microscopy”


On Saturday, November 10, 2018,
in recognition of their crucial contributions to the science of electron cryo-microscopy,
the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry awarded the 2018 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal to

Dr. Richard Henderson
Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2017
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

and

Dr. Robert Glaeser
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley


Dr. David Eisenberg
Paul D. Boyer Professor of Biochemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Welcoming Remarks


Dr. Jose Rodriguez (Introduction by Dr. David Eisenberg, UCLA)
Howard Reiss Career Development Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
“New Frontiers in Electron Diffraction: Resolving Amyloids with Atomic Detail”


Dr. Elizabeth Villa (Introduction by Dr. Juli Feigon, UCLA)
Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
“Opening Windows into the Cell: Bringing Structure and Molecular Context to Cell Biology Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy”


Dr. Robert Glaeser (Introduction by Dr. Tamir Gonen, UCLA)
University of California, Berkeley
“Single-particle Cryo-EM: The Quest for Improvements in Specimen Preparation and Image Contrast”


Dr. Richard Henderson (Introduction by Dr. Z. Hong Zhou, UCLA)
Nobel Laureate Chemistry 2017
Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
“The CryoEM Revolution in Structural Biology”


Dr. Z. Hong Zhou
Professor, UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Closing Remarks

ABOUT THE 2018 MEDALISTS

Dr. Robert Glaeser (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley) is a biophysicist and structural biologist who grew up in Wisconsin, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After completing the Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, he spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow in Oxford and a second year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. He then returned to Berkeley as a faculty member and as a Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His University service includes a 5-year term as Divisional Dean of Biological Sciences, and his professional service includes a term as president of the Microscopy Society of America and a term as council member of the Biophysical Society. His professional honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Award, membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Richard Henderson (MRC Laboratory of Microbiology, Cambridge) is a Scottish biophysicist and molecular biologist who was the first to successfully produce a three-dimensional image of a biological molecule at atomic resolution using a technique known as cryo-electron microscopy. Henderson’s refinement of imaging methods for cryo-electron microscopy, in which biomolecules are frozen in such a way that allows them to retain their natural shape and are then visualized with a high-resolution microscope, enabled researchers to capture images of numerous biomolecular structures that previously could not be imaged by other means. He was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared with biophysicists Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank) for his work.

The Seaborg Symposium and Medal Award Dinner are made possible by the continued support of our generous donors. Thank you!

Sponsorship for this year’s events is being provided by the following corporations and individuals:

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William W. Price, II
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Melville and Irene Sahyun
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2018 Seaborg Symposium

2018 Seaborg Medal Award Dinner

Congratulations to the 2018 Seaborg Symposium Poster Session Winners!

On Saturday, November 10, 2018, a poster session was held as part of the 2018 Seaborg Symposium. Six winners were chosen – two postdoctoral scholars, three graduate students, and one undergraduate student. The winners were announced at the evening banquet and awards ceremony by the faculty member poster session judges.

(From left) Dr. Julia Stauber, Professor Chong Liu, Dr. Yaqiang Wang, David Reilley, Anish Nag, Jeannette Bowler, Omar Ebrahim, Professors Justin Caram, Agape Awad, and Joseph Loo.

Poster Session Winners

2018 Seaborg Symposium Poster Session