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By Dr. S. Gnanakaran, Staff Scientist, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

February 17, 2009

Santa Fe Complex (location to be confirmed)

Abstract
Proteins are chains of amino acid residues that must fold into three-dimensional shapes to perform their functions. We will examine how protein folding is measured and predicted and how a particular type of misfolding contributes to over 20 debilitating diseases, most notably Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Gnanakaran will be introduced by Dr. Hans Frauenfelder, Senior Laboratory Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Back to The q-bio Public Lectures main page.

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