WHEN
WED, JUN 16, 2021
1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET

SPEAKER
Donna Blackmond, PhD
Co-Chair and Professor
Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research

LECTURE OVERVIEW
Many of the building blocks of life exist in two forms that are mirror images of one another – a phenomenon known as chirality that is necessary for life to exist at all. How chirality arose eons ago is one of the great mysteries of science. What served as the first template – back before DNA, RNA and proteins, before the origin of life, in the prebiotic soup, when the nascent building blocks for life were first being formed? What process was responsible for directing amino acids to turn left, and sugars to turn right? In her Front Row lecture, Donna Blackmond, PhD, will share how deciphering the origins of chirality can help scientists design and develop safer, modern pharmaceuticals and in the search for life on other planets. 

ABOUT THE FRONT ROW LECTURE SERIES
Join us in the fourth season of our popular Front Row lecture series. Take a seat in the front row and listen as some of the world’s foremost scientists introduce you to the innovative medicines and treatments headed your way from Scripps Research. Each one-hour virtual lecture is free and can be enjoyed from the comfort of your home.

More information at frontrow.scripps.edu

CONTACT
frontrow@scripps.edu or (858) 784-8617